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7557866 Automatic gain control circuit  
An AGC control section ( 110 ) has a first operation mode for controlling the gain of a variable gain amplifier ( 103 ) to maintain the amplitude of the sync signal measured by a sync signal...
7259799 AGC detector and method for AGC detecting  
Disclosed is an AGC detector device and an AGC detecting method for television receivers displaying video pictures consisting of a plurality of horizontal lines to be built up successively, wherein...
7206030 Fast-convergence two-stage automatic gain control (AGC)  
Disclosed are methods and systems for automatic gain control (AGC) in circuits. The disclosed methods and systems provide accurate and rapidly converging automatic gain control suited for video...
7053960 Systems and methods for adjusting image contrast  
Systems and methods for adjusting image contrast are provided. An exemplary method for adjusting image contrast includes determining a format of a television signal and outputting in conjunction...
6970052 Modulator immune from temperature variation-induced change in modulation factor  
A modulation factor is kept immune from the influence of temperature variation. A modulator is provided with an operational amplifier to one of whose input ends are inputted video signals and to...
6295095 Video signal character converting device and method of the same  
In a video signal character converting device, a sampling window signal generator generates a signal for sampling an input video signal "a". A video scene amplitude discrimination circuit samples...
5986719 Video signal clamping method and apparatus with negative peak detection  
A video clamping apparatus is described which uses transistors manufactured in a CMOS process to clamp an input video signal to a reference level during a SYNC period. A closed-loop system is...
5841563 Method and system for efficient optical transmission of NTSC video  
A technique for delivering analog video over fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks addresses a fundamental problem of the standard signal format, i.e., power budget constraint, by increasing the usable...
5838390 System and method for multi-level gain control  
An analog to digital converter circuit having sync control is constructed to monitor the sync condition of the digital output. When sync is lost, for example due to a low input signal level or due...
5790203 Detector of color television standard with low reception threshold  
A circuit for identifying the standard of a color television signal includes a gain-controlled amplifier for standardizing an amplitude of oscillations of a composite video baseband signal during a...
5764309 Sync compensated AGC system for VSB receiver  
A technique and apparatus for developing AGC voltage in a receiver capable of receiving VSB signals that do not have the average magnitudes of the data symbol levels and the sync symbol levels...
5638137 Configurable video output channel architecture  
A configurable video output channel architecture includes a plurality of parallel video pipelines arranged to drive a video display; a device for selecting an output of one of the video pipelines...
5510854 Device for adjusting the black level of a video signal  
A device for adjusting a video signal so that its black level is in coincidence with a predetermined reference level includes a capacitor having a first terminal that receives the video signal and...
5502498 Clamp signal generation-control circuit and a method therefor  
A clamp signal generation-control circuit includes a clamp signal controller for discriminating the existence of a sync on green signal and a separate sync signal supplied from a video card to a...
5416524 Digital television synchronization system and method  
A digital television signal includes data sent as multilevel symbols in successive data segments each including a synchronizing sync character. The detected synchronizing sync character produces a...
5410364 Method and apparatus for removing AGC pulses and other undesirable signals from a video signal  
AGC pulses and other undesirable signals are removed from a video signal by generating a replica of the AGC pulses or other signals and then mixing the replica with the original video to effect...
5361101 Preamplifier for multimedia display  
An RGB preamplifier for a video display includes respective multipliers independently operable for adjusting the contrast of input primary and secondary video signals. The contrast adjusted video...
5341173 Automatic gain control circuit  
An automatic gain control circuit includes a first amplifier for receiving a video signal to produce a first signal with a gain varied in response to a control signal, a low-pass filter for...
5331352 Contrast control wherein reference pulse detection occurs every other line period and wherein clamping occurs in remaining line periods  
The present invention provides a contrast control circuit capable of controlling the contrast even if the back porch is comparatively short. The contrast control circuit comprises monostable...
5245434 Autopix circuit with inserted vertical blanking  
A TV system includes a selectively enabled blanking network for introducing blanking into the autopix feedback loop during vertical blanking periods. The TV system includes a contrast control...
5157493 Synch responsive agc utilizing A-D converter  
Disclosed is an apparatus for the reception of video signals with a variable gain amplifier to hold the video signal between pre-determined limits. To control the gain of the amplifier, there is...
5132828 Analog video fiber optic link  
Described is an electro/optical system for transmitting video information. The system includes a transmitter assembly interconnected via a fiber optic assembly to a receiver assembly. The...
5018012 Video signal stretcher  
The video signal stretcher comprises a signal adjusting circuit for adjusting a ratio of a synchronizing signal range to a video signal range, which video signal composes a composite picture signal...
4970592 Horizontal synchronization, clock synchronization, D.C. restoration and gain control scheme for an analog TV system  
An analog TV system includes a transmitter which produces a horizontal unique pulse sequence during each horizontal blanking interval. The pulse sequence is amplitude modulated between two levels...
4829377 Horizontal synchronization, clock synchronization, D. C. restoration and gain control scheme for an analog TV system  
An analog TV system includes a transmitter which produces a horizontal unique pulse sequence during each horizontal blanking interval. The pulse sequence is amplitude modulated between two levels...
4695886 Automatic leveling circuit for a composite video signal  
An automatic leveling circuit for a composite video signal is disclosed for use in a modem in a microwave communications system for adjusting the level of the signal at the transmitter while...
4667242 Automatic gain control circuit  
An automatic gain control (AGC) circuit for performing an AGC for a picture signal. The AGC circuit includes an amplifier for amplifying the picture signal, a clamping circuit for fixing a tip-end...
4658297 Automatic gain control circuit  
An automatic gain control (AGC) circuit 30 includes a pulse mixing circuit 31 for mixing a reference pulse P having a specified amplitude in a pedestal of a composite video signal with a sync-tip...
4625240 Adaptive automatic gain control  
A method and apparatus for optimally processing television compressed audio signals by adaptively controlling the gain of the apparatus. The average value of the digitized signal is compared to a...
4581641 Video noise detector  
Noise in a composite video signal is detected by looking for the presence of excessive pulses resembling broad pulses or insufficient horizontal sync pulses. The output of the detector is averaged...
4554581 STV Decoder with improved data signal recognition capability  
An addressable subscription television decoder includes an input stage including an IF amplifier for converting a scrambled RF television signal to a composite baseband video signal. The baseband...
4434439 Digital television AGC arrangement  
An automatic gain control arrangement is provided for an analog to digital (A/D) converter in a television signal processing system. A gain-controlled source of analog signals applies a video...
4360825 Vertical drive generator and horizontal rate gate generator for a television receiver  
A vertical drive generator and a horizontal gating generator are described which time-share circuitry common to both generators to provide vertical drive pulses and horizontal gating pulses for use...
4323923 AGC-Clamped video amplifier  
Disclosed is a DC-coupled video amplifier with AGC feedback having a stable operating point. Shifting of sync tip DC level resulting in a loss of synchronization of the video signal is compensated...
4234892 AGC Circuit responsive to intermediate gray level in video signal  
An AGC circuit comprises a video IF amplifier for receiving a amplitude-modulated broadcast wave of a video signal with a signal level having a constant amplitude added thereto, a means connected...
4220931 Composite video automatic gain control amplifier  
An amplifier for video signals transmitted by way of coaxial cable includes synchronizing signal separating means for gating synchronizing signals to a level detecting circuit, in order to produce...
4216502 Peak detector circuit  
A peak detector circuit is provided for detecting the maximum excursions of an amplitude varying signal. The circuit includes a network comprising a capacitor serially coupled to a charging...
4176379 Video input circuits for video hard copy controller  
Video input circuits are disclosed for a video hard copy controller of the type that converts and formats video signals into digital signals for application to a hard copy generating device. The...
4149190 Automatic gain control for video amplifier  
An automatic gain control circuit for controlling the gain of a video amplifier of the type adapted to amplify a composite video signal comprised of a video data component and a synchronization...
4148068 Television synchronizing signal separating circuit  
A television receiver has a tuner, an intermediate frequency amplifier, and a detector for recovering a composite signal including horizontal and vertical display synchronization components and...
4144546 Television signal processing circuit for correcting amplitude distortions  
Distortion introduced into a black and white or color television signal by for example private television repeaters or boosters in the input to a television receiver, particularly amplitude...
4032973 Positive feedback high gain AGC amplifier  
An automatic gain control circuit provides a high gain signal representative of the difference in amplitude between the synchronizing pulses of a composite video signal and a predetermined...
4014038 Automatic gray scale control circuit for a color television receiver  
The present invention relates to a novel automatic gray scale control circuit for a color television receiver. The circuit senses the cut-off voltage of each gun during the blanking interval, and...
3936599 Automatic gain control system  
An automatic gain control system applicable to a television receiver is described. Synchronizing pulses contained in the video detector output are sensed to obtain a measure of the signal strength....
3914536 Identifier for a pulse code modulated signal  
An identifier for detecting a pulse code modulated signal from a composite signal comprising a video signal and a pulse code modulated audio signal alternately transmitted in a predetermined...
3736378 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING STAGE WHICH PERFORMS PLURAL FUNCTIONS  
A signal processing stage for a television receiver which performs the combined functions of video demodulation, automatic gain control voltage generation, horizontal synchronizing pulse...
3609232 TRANSISTORIZED CONTROL CIRCUITRY FOR TELEVISION RECEIVER  
Transistorized automatic gain control and sync separator circuitry which increases the input impedance of the sync separator at high frequencies, such as random noise condition, and prevents loss...
3604844 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING AMPLIFIER WITH AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL  
Automatic gain control circuitry is disclosed for maintaining the chrominance and luminance levels of a composite color television signal at a constant value. First and second test signals are...
3578908 AUTOMATIC PEAK VIDEO CONTROL SYSTEM  
An automatic peak video control system for vidicon tubes in which the peak level of the video signal is detected and stored during each field scan of the vidicon. The detected signal is sampled,...
3518370 MODULATION ERROR CANCELLING APPARATUS  
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