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VIR signal detector for a color television receiver

US4089025A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 6, 1976
Grant dateMay 9, 1978
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Expiry dateOct 6, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N17/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A VIR signal detector circuit for a color television receiver identifies the repetitive reception of a VIR color information signal on a predetermined horizontal line of video signal. The detection is accomplished with minimum interference from Gaussian and pulse-type noise to assure that VIR color control circuits in the receiver are activated only upon receipt of an actual VIR signal. The VIR signal detector operates by generating a viewing pulse of short duration during each horizontal line in which a VIR signal may be present. An accumulator, set to respond to a predetermined number of simultaneous detections of the viewing pulse and a video signal exceeding a predetermined value, generates a control signal indicating that a VIR signal is being received.

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