Technique for providing compatibility between high-definition and conventional color television
First Claim
1. An arrangement for generating a compatible high-definition television (CHDTV) color picture signal including a predetermined bandwidth and format, the arrangement comprising:
- means, responsive to a HDTV composite color picture signal as generated by HDTV camera color tubes at a first line scan rate, for stretching each of at least a first and a second sequential line signal of the HDTV composite color picture signal in time by a factor which is a predetermined submultiple of the first line scan rate to generate respective line signals which are at the same line scan rate as that of an associated conventional television system picture signal;
means, responsive to the at least first and second time stretched line signals from the time stretching means, for transmitting the first stretched line signal as is in a first portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal and, concurrent therewith, for transmitting the second stretched line signal either one of as is or as a line differential signal in a second portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal on a vestigial sideband carrier signal which is separated from a color subcarrier of the first line signal by a frequency which is substantially equal to that of a baseband color subcarrier frequency of the associated conventional television system color picture signal.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a compatible high-definition television (CHDTV) color picture signal which is capable of conversion by simple and inexpensive means into either a HDTV composite color picture signal for use by a HDTV receiver or an associated conventional television system (ACTS) color picture signal for use by an ACTS receiver. The present CHDTV color picture signal comprises (a) a first line scan rate which is the same as that of the ACTS signal, (b) a first line signal of a HDTV camera signal produced at a second line scan rate which is time stretched and transmitted as is at the first line scan rate in a first portion of the CHDTV signal bandwidth, and (c) a second line signal of the HDTV camera signal which is time streched and transmitted as a line differential signal on a vestigial sideband carrier signal in a second portion of the HDTV signal bandwidth.
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1. An arrangement for generating a compatible high-definition television (CHDTV) color picture signal including a predetermined bandwidth and format, the arrangement comprising:
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means, responsive to a HDTV composite color picture signal as generated by HDTV camera color tubes at a first line scan rate, for stretching each of at least a first and a second sequential line signal of the HDTV composite color picture signal in time by a factor which is a predetermined submultiple of the first line scan rate to generate respective line signals which are at the same line scan rate as that of an associated conventional television system picture signal; means, responsive to the at least first and second time stretched line signals from the time stretching means, for transmitting the first stretched line signal as is in a first portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal and, concurrent therewith, for transmitting the second stretched line signal either one of as is or as a line differential signal in a second portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal on a vestigial sideband carrier signal which is separated from a color subcarrier of the first line signal by a frequency which is substantially equal to that of a baseband color subcarrier frequency of the associated conventional television system color picture signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A receiver for converting a compatible high-definition television (CHDTV) color picture signal into a HDTV composite color picture signal capable of use by a HDTV receiver, the CHDTV color picture signal comprising a predetermined bandwidth, a line scan rate which is the same as an associated conventional television color picture signal, a first line signal which is sent as is and containing a first color subcarrier frequency in a first portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal, and a second line signal which is sent concurrent with the first line signal in a second portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal either one of as is or as a line differential signal on a vestigial sideband carrier frequency which is separated from the first color subcarrier frequency by a frequency equal to that of a baseband color subcarrier frequency of the associated conventional television system color picture signal, the receiver comprising:
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means for receiving the CHDTV color picture signal and separating the first CHDTV color picture line signal and the second CHDTV color picture line signal on the vestigial sideband carrier for transmission over separate paths; means capable of transforming the second line signal received via the vestigial sideband carrier into a recovered second CHDTV color picture line signal within a frequency band of the received first CHDTV color picture line signal; and time compression means capable of receiving the first CHDTV color picture line signal and the recovered second CHDTV color picture line signal in parallel at the CHDTV color picture line scan rate and generating as an output a first and a second HDTV composite color picture line signal in sequence at a line scan rate which is a predetermined multiple of the CHDTV color picture signal line scan rate. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A receiver for converting a compatible high-definition television (CHDTV) color picture signal into an associated conventional television system color picture signal, the CHDTV color picture signal comprising a predetermined bandwidth, a line scan rate which is the same as that of the associated conventional television color picture signal, a first line signal which is sent as is and containing a first color subcarrier frequency in a first portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal, and a second line signal which is sent concurrent with the first line signal in a second portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal either one of as is or as a line differential signal on a vestigial sideband carrier frequency which is separated from the first color subcarrier frequency by a frequency equal to that of a baseband color subcarrier frequency of the associated conventional television system color picture signal, the receiver comprising:
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filtering means for passing only a frequency band within the first portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV picture signal including a bandwidth substantially corresponding to a luminance bandwidth of the associated conventional color picture signal format; and modulating means for modulating chrominance information signals associated with only the first line signal of the CHDTV color picture signal with the vestigial sideband carrier frequency to produce appropriate chrominance information signals within the luminance bandwidth of the associated conventional system color picture signal. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. An arrangement for generating a high definition television (HDTV) composite color picture signal capable of use by a HDTV receiver, the arrangement comprising:
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means responsive to color signals (R,G,B) from a HDTV camera color tubes for converting the camera color tube signals into appropriate luminance (Y) and first and second chrominance (I, Q) signal components; and means responsive to the luminance and chrominance signal components from the converting means for generating the HDTV composite color picture signal comprising a frequency scaled up version of an associated conventional system color picture signal including a luminance bandwidth capable of providing a number of picture line signals and a line scan rate which is a predetermined multiple of the line scan rate of the associated conventional system color picture signal, a frame and a field rate which is the same as that of the associated conventional system color picture signal, and chrominance information comprising first and second chroma components which are formed on sidebands of a separate color subcarrier within the luminance bandwidth which is a fixed multiple of the line scan rate of the associated conventional system color picture signal and includes a ratio of each of the chroma component bandwidths to the luminance bandwidth which is similar to that of the associated conventional system color picture signal. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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11. An arrangement for converting a conventional television system color picture signal including sequential line signals at a first line scan rate and audio signals disposed on a sound carrier above the line signals into a High Definition Television (HDTV) composite color picture signal for subsequent viewing on a HDTV receiver, the arrangement comprising:
means for separating the sequential line signals and the audio signals of the conventional television system color picture signal for propagation along separate paths to the HDTV receiver; and
means capable of converting each line signal of the conventional system color picture signal into at least two sequential line signals at the output thereof including a second line scan rate which is a predetermined multiple of the first line scan rate corresponding to the actual number of said at least two sequential lines, and luminance and chrominance component bandwidths which are the predetermined multiple of corresponding bandwidths of the conventional system color picture signal for producing the HDTV composite color picture signal.
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13. A method of generating a compatible high-definition television (CHDTV) color picture signal including a predetermined bandwidth and format, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) generating from color signals associated with line signals of a picture as generated by HDTV camera color tubes at a first line scan rate, a CHDTV color picture signal which includes line signals at a second line rate that is both a submultiple of the first line scan rate and the same line scan rate as that of an associated conventional television system color picture signal by sending information associated with at least two lines from the camera color tubes in one signal segment by performing the steps of; (a1) stretching each of the at least two lines in time by a factor which is the inverse of said submultiple of the first line scan rate; (a2) forming a first line signal of said at least two time stretched lines as is for transmission within a first portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal; and (a3) concurrent with step (a2), forming a second line signal of said at least two time stretched lines as a line differential signal for transmission in a second portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal on a vestigial sideband carrier signal which is separated from a color subcarrer of the first line signal by a frequency which is substantially equal to that of a baseband color subcarrier frequency of the associated conventional television system color picture signal. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A method of generating a compatible high-definition television (CHDTV) color picture signal capable of being converted into either one of a high-definition televeision (HDTV) composite color picture signal or an associated conventional television system color picture signal, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) generating from color signals from a HDTV camera a HDTV composite picture signal comprising a frequency scaled up version of the associated conventional television system color picture signal including a luminance bandwidth capable of providing a number of picture lines and a line scan rate which is a predetermined multiple of the number of picture lines and line scan rate, respectively, of the associated conventional television system color picture signal, a frame and a field rate which is the same as that of said associated conventional television system color picture signal, and chrominance information including first and second chroma components which are formed on sidebands of a separate color subcarrier within said luminance bandwidth which is a fixed multiple of the line scan rate of the associated conventional television system color picture signal and includes a ratio of each of the chroma component bandwidths to the luminance bandwidth which is similar to that of the associated conventional television system color picture signal; and (b) transforming the HDTV composite color picture signal into a CHDTV color picture signal including a line scan rate which is the same as the associated conventional television system color picture signal format by sending information associated with at least two lines of the HDTV composite picture signal in one signal segment by stretching each HDTV composite line signal in time by a factor corresponding to said predetermined multiple and forming a first line signal as is within a first portion of a predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal which is both within, and a predetermined submultiple of, the luminance bandwidth of the HDTV composite picture signal and a second line signal which is formed as a line-differential signal in a second portion of the predetermined bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal on a vestigial sideband carrier signal which is separated from the color subcarrier of the first line signal by a frequency equal to that of a baseband color subcarrier frequency of the associated conventional system color picture signal. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method of converting a compatible high-definition television (CHDTV) color picture signal into a HDTV composite color picture signal for use by a HDTV receiver, the CHDTV color picture signal including a predetermined bandwidth wherein a first line signal of at least two line signals is received as is in one portion of the bandwidth at a first line scan rate and a second line signal of the at least two line signals is received as a line differential signal in a second portion of the bandwidth at the first line scan rate which is the same as the line scan rate of a conventional television system color picture signal, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) separating the first and the second line signals of the received CHDTV color picture signal for transmission over a first and a second path, respectively; (b) demodulating the second line signal to provide a line differential signal within the bandwidth of the received first line signal; (c) generating an approximation of the second line signal from two sequential received first line signals; (d) generating a recovered second line signal from the resultant signals of steps (b) and (c); and (e) time compressing the first and the second line signals froms steps (a) and (d) received in parallel at the first line scan rate into a first and a second line signal in sequence at a second line scan rate which is a predetermined multiple of the first line scan rate to produce the HDTV composite color picture signal.
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18. A method of converting a compatible high-definition television (CHDTV) color picture signal into an associated conventional television system color picture signal for use by a conventional system television receiver, the CHDTV color picture signal including a predetermined bandwidth wherein a first line signal of at least two line signals containing a first color subcarrier frequency is received as is in a first portion of the bandwidth at a first line scan rate which is the same as the line scan rate of the associated conventional television system color picture signal and a second line signal of the at least two line signals is received on a vestigial sideband carrier frequency as a line differential signal in a second portion of the bandwidth at the first line scan rate and the first color subcarrier frequency and the vestigial sideband carrier frequency are separated by a frequency equal to a color subcarrier frequency of the associated conventional television color picture signal, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) filtering the received CHDTV color picture signal to pass only a frequency band within the first portion of the bandwidth of the CHDTV color picture signal substantially corresponding to a luminance bandwidth of the associated conventional color picture signal and comprises only a luminance signal of the first line signal; and (b) demodulating chrominance information signals associated with only the first line signal of the CHDTV color picture signal with the vestigial sideband carrier frequency to produce appropriate chrominance information signals within the luminance bandwidth of the associated conventional television system color picture signal.
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