On-screen channel display
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1. A system for displaying a character indicating the channel being received on the raster of a broadcast television receiver comprising:
- means for developing coded data indicative of the character to be displayed, decoding means having a plurality of inputs and outputs, means for coupling the coded data to given inputs of said decoding means, said decoding means being a device for developing signals on a predetermined combination of outputs in response to each selected coded input, circuit means for processing the signal on each of said outputs of said decoder into a given line segment generated video signal and comprising means for multiplexing the outputs of said decoding means in accordance with the line of scan of the beam of the cathode ray tube of said broadcast television receiver, and means for adding the generated video signal in a video circuit of said broadcast television receiver to develop a character display on the raster of the television receiver in addition to any other signal being processed by said video circuit.
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Abstract
An on-screen television display including means internally of the receiver for generating characters to indicate the channel number, time of day or other data. The system includes circuit means responsive to the horizontal and vertical sync signals of a television receiver for positioning and timing of the display. BCD data is coupled to a character generator, and the output of the character generator is then multiplexed with positioning and timing signals. The multiplexed output is coupled to a video interface which supplies the video signal to the cathode ray tube.
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1. A system for displaying a character indicating the channel being received on the raster of a broadcast television receiver comprising:
- means for developing coded data indicative of the character to be displayed, decoding means having a plurality of inputs and outputs, means for coupling the coded data to given inputs of said decoding means, said decoding means being a device for developing signals on a predetermined combination of outputs in response to each selected coded input, circuit means for processing the signal on each of said outputs of said decoder into a given line segment generated video signal and comprising means for multiplexing the outputs of said decoding means in accordance with the line of scan of the beam of the cathode ray tube of said broadcast television receiver, and means for adding the generated video signal in a video circuit of said broadcast television receiver to develop a character display on the raster of the television receiver in addition to any other signal being processed by said video circuit.
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11. A system for displaying a character on the raster of a television receiver comprising:
- means for developing coded data indicative of the character to be displayed, a seven segment decoder, means for coupling the coded data to the input of the seven segment decoder, means for using the output of the seven segment decoder to illuminate a seven segment display on the raster of a cathode ray tube, and wherein three outputs of the seven segment decoder represent the horizontal segments of the character to be displayed and the remaining four outputs represent the vertical segments thereof, and wherein there is provided a multiplexer, a horizontal scan counter, means for coupling the counter outputs to the multiplexer, means for coupling the three horizontal segment outputs to the multiplexer, a timing counter, means for using the timing counter to gate the four vertical segment outputs during each scan associated with the character display, and means for coupling the four gated vertical segment outputs to the multiplexer.
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14. Apparatus for use with a television receiver, said receiver comprising a horizontal scanning circuit, a vertical scanning circuit, a video signal circuit, and a display device coupled to said scanning and video signal circuits, and creating a character on said display device in the form of line segments oriented in generally horizontal and vertical directions and superimposed over other information displayed thereon and comprising:
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data means for developing coded data indicative of the character to be displayed; decoding means having a plurality of outputs and producing at each of said outputs a signal representative of the presence of a corresponding line segment in the character to be displayed; an oscillator coupled to said horizontal scanning circuit and synchronized to the operation of said horizontal scanning circuit and producing a signal at a frequency greater than the horizontal scanning frequency; counting means coupled to the output of said oscillator and developing signals representative of the position of the horizontal scan; gating means coupled to said decoding means and said counting means and gating said signals representative of the presence of a corresponding generally vertical line segment in response to the position of the horizontal scan; matrix means for matrixing said gated signals representative of the presence of corresponding generally vertical line segments and said signals representative of corresponding generally horizontal line segments to form a plurality of line signals each representative of the video signal required to generate said character on said display device during a horizontal scan; signal selection means for selecting one of said line signals in accord with the position of the vertical scan; and combining means coupled to said video signal circuit for combining said selected line signal with a signal representative of said other information displayed on said display device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Apparatus for use with a television receiver, said receiver comprising a first scanning circuit for scanning in a first direction, a second scanning circuit for scanning in a second direction generally perpendicular to said first direction, a video signal circuit, and a display device coupled to said scanning and video signal circuits, and creating a character on said display device in the form of line segments oriented in generally said first and second directions and superimposed over other information displayed thereon and comprising:
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data means for developing coded data indicative of the character to be displayed; decoding means having a plurality of outputs and producing at each of said outputs a signal representative of the presence of a corresponding line segment in the character to be displayed; timing and gating means coupled to said decoding means and said first scanning circuit and gating said signals representative of the presence of a corresponding line segment in said second direction in response to the position of the scan in said first direction; matrix means for matrixing said gated signals representative of the presence of corresponding line segments in said second direction and signals representative of corresponding line segments in said first direction to form a plurality of line signals each representative of the video signal required to generate said character on said display device during a scan in said first direction; signal selection means for selecting one of said line signals in accord with the position of the scan in said second direction; and combining means coupled to said video signal circuit for combining said selected line signal with a signal representative of said other information displayed on said display device.
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20. A system for displaying at least two characters on the raster of a television receiver comprising:
- an oscillator, means for keying the operation of the oscillator to the horizontal sync of the television receiver, a counter for counting an output of said oscillator and for producing timing signals, means for developing and multiplexing coded data representing each of said characters to be displayed in accordance with said timing signals, a seven segment decoder having a plurality of inputs and outputs for developing signals on a predetermined combination of said outputs in response to each selected coded input, means for coupling the coded data to given inputs of said decoder, circuit means for processing the signal on each of said outputs of said decoder into a given line segment generated video signal, and means for adding the generated video signal in the television receiver video circuit to develop a character display on the raster of the television receiver in addition to any other signal being processed by said video circuit.
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25. A system for displaying a character indicating the channel being received on the raster of a broadcast television receiver comprising:
- means for developing coded data indicative of the character to be displayed, decoding means having a plurality of inputs and outputs, means for coupling the coded data to given inputs of said decoding means, said decoding means being a device for developing signals on a predetermined combination of outputs in response to each selected coded input, circuit means for processing the signal on each of said outputs of said decoder into a given line segment generated video signal and comprising an oscillator having a frequency substantially higher than the horizontal line frequency of said broadcast television receiver and means responsive to the horizontal synchronization signal of received broadcast television signals for keying said oscillator, and means for adding the generated video signal in a video circuit of said broadcast television receiver to develop a character display on the raster of the television receiver in addition to any other signal being processed by said video circuit.
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28. A system for displaying a character indicating the channel being received on the raster of a broadcast television receiver comprising:
- means for developing coded data indicative of the character to be displayed, decoding means having a plurality of inputs and outputs, means for coupling the coded data to given inputs of said decoding means, said decoding means being a device for developing signals on a predetermined combination of outputs in response to each selected coded input, circuit means for processing the signal on each of said outputs of said decoder into a given line segment generated video signal and comprising an oscillator having a frequency substantially higher than the horizontal line frequency of said broadcast television receiver, means responsive to the horizontal synchronization signal of received broadcast television signals for keying said oscillator, and means for multiplexing the outputs of said decoding means in accordance with the line of scan of the beam of the cathode ray tube of said broadcast television receiver, and means for adding the generated video signal in a video circuit of said broadcast television receiver to develop a character display on the raster of the television receiver in addition to any other signal being processed by said video circuit.
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32. A system for displaying a character indicative of the channel being received on the picture display device of a broadcast television receiver comprising:
- means for developing data indicative of the character to be displayed, decoding means having a plurality of inputs and outputs, means for coupling said data to inputs of said decoding means, said decoding means being a device for developing signals on a predetermined combination of outputs in response to each data input, circuit means for processing the signal on said outputs of said decoder into a video signal for generating a line segment character and including an oscillator having a frequency substantially higher than the horizontal line frequency of said broadcast television receiver and means responsive to the horizontal synchronization signal of received broadcast television signals for keying said oscillator, and means for adding said video signal to other video signals being processed by said broadcast television receiver to develop a character display on said picture display device.
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33. A system for displaying a character indicative of the channel being received on the picture display device of a broadcast television receiver comprising:
- means for developing data indicative of the character to be displayed, decoding means having a plurality of inputs and outputs, means for coupling said data to inputs of said decoding means, said decoding means being a device for developing signals on a predetermined combination of outputs in response to each data input, circuit means for processing the signal on said outputs of said decoder into a video signal for generating a line segment character and including an oscillator having a frequency substantially higher than the horizontal line frequency of said broadcast television receiver and means responsive to the horizontal synchronization circuitry of said broadcast television receiver for keying said oscillator, and means for adding said video signal to other video signals being processed by said broadcast television receiver to develop a character display on said picture display device.
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