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Image processing system

US4984083A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 1989
Grant dateJan 8, 1991
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/45
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing system comprising a first and second video signal sources providing a main-field video signal and sub-field video signal, respectively, means for compressing the sub-field video signal on the time axis, and a signal merging unit which merges the compressed sub-field video signal into the main-field video signal and delivers the resulting signal to a television receiver set, wherein the signal compressing means comprising a dual-port memory having a first and second ports and operating to compress the sub-field video signal on the time axis and store the compressed signal, and control means for controlling the reading and writing of the memory for the sub-field video signal, the control means comprising a first control section for writing the sub-field video signal into the first port of said memory, a second control section for transferring a signal from the first port to the second port, and a third control section for reading out a signal from the second port, said memory implementing the reading operation and writing operation in asynchronous manner.

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