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Color signal aperture correction system having automatically selected source signal

US5298981A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 1992
Grant dateMar 29, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/646
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A color video camera includes circuitry which generates a peaking signal that is applied to each of the color signals to enhance high-frequency components of the video signal relative to low-frequency components. The circuitry adds high-frequency components from the green video signal, as the peaking signal, at instants when the amplitudes of the green and red color signals are approximately equal. If there is a significant difference between the amplitudes of the red and green video signals, however, a combination of the high frequency components of both of these signals is used as the peaking signal. In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, the peaking signal includes in-band horizontal and vertical contour signals and out-of-band aperture correction signal.

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