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Signal transmission system for high definition television

US5151779A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 1990
Grant dateSep 29, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S348/904
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A signal transmission system for high definition television that can handle a second television signal which is superior in quality to a first television signal such as an NTSC (National Television System Committee) television signal. The transmitting end of the system transmits a first television signal including a video signal, audio signals, etc., through a main transmission line, as well as a third television signal including a high definition components obtained as the difference between the second and the first television signal through an auxiliary transmission line. The receiving end of the system receives and synthesizes the first television signal transmitted through the main transmission line and the third television signal transmitted through the auxiliary transmission line to produce the second television signal.

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