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Image reception system

US4896354A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 1985
Grant dateJan 23, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/482
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image reception system is disclosed, which includes a tuner for selecting one of broadcast channels of CATV, a video detector connected to the tuner for deriving output signals having video signals and command data of the selected channel, a data fetch circuit for extracting the command data and character data out of the output signals derived from the video detector, a display controller for controling video outputs to be displayed on a display screen, and a key pad for supplying the control command to the display controller. In this case, the display controller includes a character generator for generating character signals to be displayed on the display and masking circuit for superimposing masking signals on the video signal on request.

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