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US5504532A
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Bi-directional television format digital signal converter with improved luminance signal-to-noise ratio
Assignee: Advanced Television Test Center Inc
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Filing: 1993-04-28
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Granted: 1996-04-02
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Expires: 2013-04-28
Abstract
Abstract A television signal format converter is provided for converting without loss of picture information a television format to or from a given recorder/player format. An interface converts between RGB and luminance/chrominance inputs and between analog and digital inputs. The interface couples a source television format to a plurality of pairs of memories. A clock and control circuit controls addressing of the memories for reading and writing so that conversion is performed with an improved luminance signal-to-noise ratio between a source television format and the format required for a given high definition digital video tape recorder or any other comparable recorder.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles W. Rhodes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-01 06:36
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/222; H04N5/253; H04N5/76; H04N5/91; H04N5/92; H04N5/926; H04N7/00; H04N7/01; H04N7/0105; H04N7/011; H04N7/0112; H04N7/0125; H04N9/00; H04N9/64; H04N9/67; H04N9/79; H04N9/7921; H04N9/7925; H04N9/80; H04N9/804; H04N9/87; H04N9/877; H04N17/00; H04N17/06; H04N5/44; H04N5/46; H04N9/641; H04N9/642
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
290 words
An apparatus for bi-directionally converting a television signal between a first television signal format and a second television signal format, the first television signal format having a first field comprising a first predetermined number of lines of data, and the second television signal format having a second field comprising a second predetermined number of lines of data, the apparatus comprising: a memory for storing lines of data; first means, responsive to the first predetermined number of lines of data of the first field, for generating a first timing signal; second means, responsive to the second predetermined number of lines of data of the second field, for generating a second timing signal; determining means, coupled to the first means and the second means, for determining a first predetermined number of spare lines of data to be arranged with lines of data of the first television signal format to form a second field; and control means, coupled to the memory and the determining means, for storing lines of data in the memory in response to the first timing signal and for reading lines of data from the memory in response to the second timing signal when the first television signal format is being converted to the second television signal format, the first number of spare lines of data being included with the lines of data read from the memory when the data is read to form a second field of the second television signal format, and for storing lines of data in the memory in response to the second timing signal and for reading lines of data from the memory in response to the first timing signal when the second television signal format is being convened to the first television signal format.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
290 words
An apparatus for bi-directionally converting a television signal between a first television signal format and a second television signal format, the first television signal format having a first field comprising a first predetermined number of lines of data, and the second television signal format having a second field comprising a second predetermined number of lines of data, the apparatus comprising: a memory for storing lines of data; first means, responsive to the first predetermined number of lines of data of the first field, for generating a first timing signal; second means, responsive to the second predetermined number of lines of data of the second field, for generating a second timing signal; determining means, coupled to the first means and the second means, for determining a first predetermined number of spare lines of data to be arranged with lines of data of the first television signal format to form a second field; and control means, coupled to the memory and the determining means, for storing lines of data in the memory in response to the first timing signal and for reading lines of data from the memory in response to the second timing signal when the first television signal format is being converted to the second television signal format, the first number of spare lines of data being included with the lines of data read from the memory when the data is read to form a second field of the second television signal format, and for storing lines of data in the memory in response to the second timing signal and for reading lines of data from the memory in response to the first timing signal when the second television signal format is being convened to the first television signal format.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the spare lines include dummy samples comprising amplitude data of the fast television signal format.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising format reassembly means, coupled to the memory and responsive to the first timing signal, for reassembling the fast television signal format from the data read from the memory when the second television signal format is being converted to the fast television signal format.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
The apparatus according to claim 2 further comprising format reassembly means, coupled to the memory and responsive to the first timing signal, for reassembling the first television signal format from the data read from the memory when the second television signal format is being converted to the first television signal format.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the format reassembly means extracts amplitude data from the dummy samples included with the spare lines stored in the memory.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
239 words
An apparatus for converting a first television signal format to a second television signal format, the first television signal format having a first field comprising a first predetermined number of lines of dam, and the second television signal format having a second field comprising a second predetermined number of lines of data, the apparatus comprising: a memory for storing lines of data; first means, responsive to the first predetermined number of lines of data of the first field, for generating a first timing signal; second means, responsive to the second predetermined number of lines of data of the second field, for generating a second timing signal; determining means, coupled to the first means and the second means, for determining a first predetermined number of spare lines of data to be arranged with lines of data of the first television signal format to form a second field; and control means, coupled to the memory and the determining means, for storing lines of data in the memory in response to the first timing signal and for reading lines of data from the memory in response to the second timing signal when the first television signal format is being convened to the second television signal format, the first predetermined number of spare lines of data being included with the lines of data read from the memory when the data is read to form a second field of the second television signal format.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
239 words
An apparatus for converting a first television signal format to a second television signal format, the first television signal format having a first field comprising a first predetermined number of lines of dam, and the second television signal format having a second field comprising a second predetermined number of lines of data, the apparatus comprising: a memory for storing lines of data; first means, responsive to the first predetermined number of lines of data of the first field, for generating a first timing signal; second means, responsive to the second predetermined number of lines of data of the second field, for generating a second timing signal; determining means, coupled to the first means and the second means, for determining a first predetermined number of spare lines of data to be arranged with lines of data of the first television signal format to form a second field; and control means, coupled to the memory and the determining means, for storing lines of data in the memory in response to the first timing signal and for reading lines of data from the memory in response to the second timing signal when the first television signal format is being convened to the second television signal format, the first predetermined number of spare lines of data being included with the lines of data read from the memory when the data is read to form a second field of the second television signal format.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the spare lines include dummy samples comprising amplitude data of the first television signal format.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The apparatus according to claim 6 further comprising format assembly means, coupled to the memory and responsive to the second timing signal, for assembling the second television signal format from the data read from the memory.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the format assembly means extracts amplitude data from the dummy samples included with the spare lines stored in the memory.
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