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Brightness clamping apparatus for TV receiver with multiple inputs

US4663668A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 1986
Grant dateMay 5, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/641
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A television receiver is arranged to selectively display images from several input signal sources--such as pix-in-pix, teletext, computer graphics, besides displaying pictures from the normal off-the-air television signal. In accordance with this invention, clamping circuits are provided for establishing a constant black image reference level for all the input signals.

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