Apparatus for reproducing multiplex video data

• US 4,074,315 A
• Filed: 05/27/1976
• Issued: 02/14/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Kawamura, Hiroshi, Nishitani, Yoshihisa, Muta, Katsumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Richardson, Robert L.
• Application Number:
  US05/690,729
• Time in Patent Office: 628 Days
• Field of Search: 358/74, 358/142, 358/147, 358/163, 358/169, 358/171, 358/182, 358/183, 358/242, 340/324 AD, 315/365, 315/383, 315/386, 315/30
• US Class Current: 348/468
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0885 for the transmission of subtitles

Abstract

An apparatus for reproducing multiplex video data which records data for symbols multiplexed with the main video signals in a memory and continuously reads out the data from the memory and multiplexes it with a part of the main video signals for display, including circuitry for controlling the amplitude of the main video signals corresponding to the superposed picture background during the display time for the multiplexed data which are read out from the memory.

Claims

1. An apparatus for reproducing multiplex video data comprising:

receiver means for outputting composite video signals, said composite video signals including main video signals having a vertical blanking interval and symbol data multiplexed with the main video signals during the vertical blanking interval;

write-in gate means for selecting the symbol data from the composite video signals outputted by said receiver means;

memory means connected to said write-in gate means and responsive to to selecting of symbol data for recording the selected symbol data;

read-out gate means for reading out the symbol data recorded in said memory means; and

means for superposing the symbol data read out by said read-out gate means with the composite video signals outputted by said receiver means to produce a resultant signal for visual display, including means connected to said receiver means for controlling the amplitude of the main video signals in the composite video signals outputted by said receiver means and corresponding to the superposing background for the symbol data, and mixer means connected to said read-out gate means and said amplitude controlling means for multiplexing the symbol data read-out by said read-out gate means with the composite video signals having a main video signals amplitude controlled by said amplitude controlling means to produce a resultant signal for visual display.

2. The apparatus for reproducing multiplex video data recited in claim 1 wherein said amplitude controlling means includes:

means for reducing the amplitude of the main video signals in the composite video signals outputted by said receiver means and corresponding to the superposing background for the symbol data to 3/4 of the amplitude of the other main video signals.

3. The apparatus for reproducing multiplex video data recited in claim 1 wherein said amplitude controlling means includes:

variable gain amplifier means for uniformly compressing the main video signals corresponding to the superposing background for the symbol data, said main video signals including a white signal; and

5. The apparatus for reproducing multiplex video data recited in claim 1 wherein said amplitude controlling means includes:

7. The apparatus for reproducing multiplex video data recited in claim 1 wherein said amplitude controlling mans includes detector means connected to said write-in gate means for detecting the selecting of symbol data from the composite video signals and is responsive to the detecting of the selecting of symbol data.

4. limiter means connected to said variable gain amplifier means for further compressing the white signal in the uniformly compressed main video signals.

6. variable gain amplifier means for compressing the main video signals in the composite video signals outputted by said receiver means and corresponding to the superposing background for the symbol data, said variable gain amplifier means including control means for varying the compression ratio of the high frequency components of the main video signals relative to the compression ratio of the other components of the main video signals.