Abstract:
A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, a graphics input and an audio input simultaneously. The chip incorporates a unified memory architecture that provides a high level of system performance while conserving memory bandwidth and chip size. Video and graphics scaling capabilities as well as anti-flutter filtering capability are provided.
Abstract:
A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, a graphics input and an audio input simultaneously. The chip incorporates a unified memory architecture that provides a high level of system performance while conserving memory bandwidth and chip size. Video and graphics scaling capabilities as well as anti-flutter filtering capability are provided.
Abstract:
An improved color subcarrier and amplitude reference signal and means for its utilization are provided for color television systems, particularly high definition, wide aspect ratio television systems wherein the high definition signal is decomposed into two signals for transmission via two separate channels and recombined at the receiver to reproduce the original high definition image.
Abstract:
In a method of demodulating an analog chrominance signal (C), digital quadrature signals are generated (DPA, SIN ROM, COS ROM) for demodulating (MUL DAC U, MUL DAC V) the analog chrominance signal (C) to obtain analog demodulated color difference signals (U, V). A digital phase error signal is furnished ( SIGMA DELTA mod) from at least one (V) of the analog demodulated color difference signals (U, V). The digital phase error signal is digitally filtered (DLF) to obtain a phase control signal (K) for the digital quadrature signals generation (DPA, SIN ROM, COS ROM).
Abstract:
A television signal transmission signal comprises a suppressed carrier, VSB signal having respective Nyquist slopes at the lower and upper edges of a 6MHz television channel, the center frequency of the Nyquist slope at the lower edge of the channel being substantially coincident whith the frequency of the suppressed carrier, and the pilot signal in quadrature relation with the suppressed carrier. The suppressed carrier is modulated by an N-level digitally encoded signal having a sample rate fs substancially equalto three times the NTSC color subcarrier frequency, with the frequency of the color subcarrier being less than the co-channel NTSC picture carrier by an amount equal to about fs/12. The received signal is demodulated by a synchronous detector in response to the received pilot signal and interfering NTSC beat components are attenuated by a linear filter having notches at fs/12, 5fs/12 and fs/2. The output of the filter comprises an M-level signal, where M = greater than N, which is converted to a N-level output signal representing the televised image.
Abstract:
A system and method for generating composite video signals in a computer are disclosed. Digital pixel data may be processed by software to form component video pixel data, which may include luminance and chrominance components. A chrominance look-up table is provided in a display memory and is used for modulation of the chrominance components. The modulated components are then combined to form digital composite video pixel data which may be stored in a frame buffer in the display memory. Video control information is precalculated and stored in the display memory in advance. The digital composite video pixel data and video control information are then recovered from the display memory to produce a formatted stream of video data. The architecture of this system greatly reduces hardware complexity and bandwidth requirements. In addition, the process may be controlled by a media stream controller which is also adapted for audio and graphics processing. This allows the display memory and various other components to be shared by multiple media subsystems.
Abstract:
Apparatus for augmenting a television signal with auxiliary signal includes circuitry for modulating a picture carrier with baseband video signal to generate a vestigial sideband television signal. Auxiliary signal (54) is modulated on a further carrier (CA) of such frequency that the upper sidebands fp - (2n+1)fH/2 of the modulated further carrier, representing the auxiliary information, 1) occupy the frequency spectrum of the vestigial sideband of the vestigial sideband television signal (50) and 2) occur clustered at odd multiples of half line frequency. The sidebands of the modulated further carrier are added (52) to the vestigial sideband television signal in frequency interleaved fashion in the vestigial sideband spectral region.
Abstract:
A widescreen television signal containing center panel information and time compressed side panel information in an overscan region is intraframe processed above a given frequency only with respect to the center panel information. The intraframe processing apparatus (38) includes a signal delay network (1120, 1122) with first and second 262H delay elements coupled between an input and an output of the delay network. During a first field interval, signals from the delay input and from an intermediate point between the delay elements are subtractively combined (1125, 1128) to produce a difference term which is coupled to a signal path. During a second field interval, signals from the delay output and from the intermediate point are subtractively combined to produce a difference term which is coupled to the signal path. An intraframe processed output signal is produced by combining (1134) the difference terms from the signal path with a signal from the intermediate delay point. A filter (1130) and an electronic gate (1132) in the signal path determine frequency selective intraframe processing on the center panel information alone.