Method for transmitting a color video signal on a narrow-band transmission line
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting a color video signal by a color video signal transmission system over a narrow-band transmission line comprising means for storing an input color video signal in a memory, means for reading said color video signal in the form of a time-divided luminance signal Y and a carrier chrominance signal C, at a speed different from the storing speed, to transmit the luminance signal Y and the chrominance signal C in a narrow band, and a group of clock pulse generating means for driving said memory and the reading means;
- comprising the steps ofstoring said color video signal in said memory with a write clock having a frequency fH sufficiently high to store a predetermined band of the Y signal in the form of picture elements, while said C signal is rendered a multiple signal which is produced by a quadrature modulation of a carrier of a frequency 1/m·
n of the write clock frequency fH (m being a given number, and n an integer not less than
1) in advance of said storing; and
reading said video signal from said memory by a read clock signal of a frequency fL sufficiently low to transmit said Y signal in a band of the transmission line which is narrower than the band of the input color video signal.
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Abstract
A method for transmitting a color video signal on a narrow-band transmission line such as a telephone line or an audio tape recorder is disclosed. The carrier frequency is so reduced that no clock signal of high frequency is used. The carrier chrominance signal and the brightness or luminance signal are transmitted separately in time-division multiplication thereby to eliminate color distortion. The write clock signal frequency for the carrier chrominance signal is rendered inversely proportional to the product of a given number determined by the number of samples required for faithful transmission of the carrier chrominance signal and a multiple enabling the carrier frequency to be minimized. The read clock signal frequency for the carrier chrominance signal is reduced to one over an integer of the luminance signal, so that the carrier chrominance signal is read at intervals of the integer in order of storage in a memory. At the time of writing the color chrominance signal in the memory, the write clock frequency therefor is rendered equal to the write clock frequency for the luminance signal. Thus the capacity of the memory for the carrier chrominance signal is one over an integer of that for the luminance signal.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting a color video signal by a color video signal transmission system over a narrow-band transmission line comprising means for storing an input color video signal in a memory, means for reading said color video signal in the form of a time-divided luminance signal Y and a carrier chrominance signal C, at a speed different from the storing speed, to transmit the luminance signal Y and the chrominance signal C in a narrow band, and a group of clock pulse generating means for driving said memory and the reading means;
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storing said color video signal in said memory with a write clock having a frequency fH sufficiently high to store a predetermined band of the Y signal in the form of picture elements, while said C signal is rendered a multiple signal which is produced by a quadrature modulation of a carrier of a frequency 1/m·
n of the write clock frequency fH (m being a given number, and n an integer not less than
1) in advance of said storing; andreading said video signal from said memory by a read clock signal of a frequency fL sufficiently low to transmit said Y signal in a band of the transmission line which is narrower than the band of the input color video signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for transmitting a color video signal, comprising the steps of:
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YC separation of an input color video signal into a luminance signal Y and a signal C(fF) which is obtained by quadrature modulation of first and second chromatic difference signals R-Y and B-Y with a subcarrier; generating a chrominance signal C(fC) by modulating said signal C(fF) with a new carrier which is obtained from a carrier F(fF) synchronized with a burst signal in said signal C(fF) and a carrier CPC(fC) generated from a first clock generating means; memorizing said luminance signal Y and said chrominance signal C(fC) in a first memory; writing in a time division manner said luminance signal Y and said chrominance signal C(fC) memorized in said first memory, in a second memory by a write clock CPH(fH) having a frequency sufficiently high to store a required band of the Y signal in the form of picture elements, said write clock CPH(fH) being generated from said first clock generating means on the basis of a control pulse generated from said first memory; and reading, in a time division manner from said second memory onto a transmission line, the luminance signal Y by a clock signal CPL(fLY) generated from a second clock generating means having a frequency sufficiently low to transmit said Y signal in a band of the transmission line, without causing distortion, and the chrominance signal C(fC) by a clock signal CPL(fLC) generated from said second clock means having a frequency of n (n being an integer not less than
1) times the frequency of said clock signal CPL(fLY). - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for transmitting a color video signal, comprising the steps of:
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YC separation of an input color video signal into a luminance signal Y and a signal C(fF) which is obtained by quadrature modulation of first and second chromatic difference signals R-Y and B-Y with a subcarrier fF; generating a chrominance signal C(fC) by modulating said signal C(fF) with a new carrier which is obtained from a carrier F(fF) synchronized with a burst signal in said signal C(fF) and a carrier CPC(fC) generated from a clock generating means; writing said luminance signal Y and said chrominance signal C(fC) in first and second memories, respectively, by corresponding write clocks CPH(fHY) and CPH(fHC) which are generated from said clock generating means; and reading, in a time division manner from said first and said second memories onto a transmission line, the luminance signal and the chrominance signal by a read clock CPL(fL) generated from said clock generating means. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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