Superimposing system

• US 5,051,817 A
• Filed: 11/16/1989
• Issued: 09/24/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Takano, Toshiki
• Primary Examiner(s): Shepperd, John W.
• Application Number:
  US07/437,426
• Time in Patent Office: 677 Days
• Field of Search: 358/19, 358/22
• US Class Current: 348/569
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/475 for mutually locking different synchronisation sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/641 Multi-purpose receivers, e.g. for auxiliary information H04N9/642 takes precedence

Abstract

A system for superimposing color characters on video reproduction signals. A character signal is modulated by a color subcarrier phase-locked to a burst signal of video reproduction signal, and the display position of each line is controlled by the pulse obtained on the basis of the horizontal synchronizing signal of the video reproduction signal. A desired color character can be superimposed on a video reproduction signal without drift of the character.

Claims

1. A superimposing system comprising:

a first oscillation circuit for generating a free-running oscillation output when a burst signal of a video signal is not fed, and generating an oscillation output, when the burst signal of the video signal is fed, phase-locked to the burst signal,

a second oscillation circuit for generating an output where a frequency divided signal of the output is phase-locked to a horizontal synchronizing signal of the video signal,

a modulator for modulating an added signal, using the output of the first oscillation circuit as a color subcarrier,

reference clock selecting means for selecting the output of the second oscillation circuit as a reference clock when adding an information signal to the video signal, and selecting the output of the first oscillation circuit as the reference clock when not adding an information signal to the video signal,

a foundation signal generating circuit for generating a burst signal, a horizontal synchronizing signal and a vertical synchronizing signal on the basis of the free-running oscillation output of the first oscillation circuit when displaying only the added signal on a display means,

a display timing circuit for controlling the display position of the added signal on the basis of the reference clock, and

means for changing over the modulated added signal and the video signal.

2. A superimposing system in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

a generating circuit of added color difference signals for generating at least first and second added color difference signals, and

said modulator modulates the first and the second added color difference signals.

3. A superimposing system in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

said video signal is of a NTSC system.

4. A superimposing system in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

said video signal is of a PAL system.

5. A superimposing system in accordance with claim 4, further comprising:

a generating circuit of added color difference signals for generating at least first and second added color difference signals by feeding an added signal, and

said modulator modulates the first and second added color difference signals.

6. A superimposing system in accordance with claim 5, which further comprises:

a line detecting circuit for generating a detection output by detecting normal or reverse phase in every line of the burst signal of the PAL video signal, and

said modulator comprises a first modulation circuit for modulating the first added color difference signal on the basis of the output of the first oscillation circuit, and

a second modulation circuit for modulating the second added color difference signal by the output of the first oscillation circuit which is phase inverted in every line on the basis of the output of said line detecting circuit.

7. A superimposing system in accordance with claim 6, wherein:

said first oscillation circuit comprises;

a voltage controlled oscillator and a phase detector in which a burst signal is fed as one input thereof, and

the output of the voltage controlled oscillator is shifted in phase by 90°

in every line on the basis of the detecting output of the line detecting circuit, and is fed as another input of the phase detector.

8. A superimposing system comprising:

a matrix for obtaining a first color difference signal, a second color difference signal and a luminance signal,

a burst gate for taking out a burst signal of a video signal when the video signal is fed, phase locked to the burst signal,

a first PLL circuit having a phase detector which receives the output from said burst gate as one input, and receives an output from a voltage controlled oscillator as another input,

a synchronous separating circuit for taking out a horizontal synchronizing signal from the video signal,

a second PLL circuit having a phase detector which receives the output from said synchronous separating circuit as one input, and receives a predetermined frequency divided signal of an output of a voltage controlled oscillator as another input,

first and second added color difference signal modulators for modulating first and second added color difference signals, using the output of the voltage controlled oscillator of the first PLL circuit as color subcarrier,

an adder for adding the modulated color difference signals and the luminance signal to obtain a modulated added signal,

reference clock selecting means for selecting the output of the second PLL circuit as a reference clock when adding an information signal to the video signal, and selecting the output of the first PLL circuit as the reference clock when not adding an information signal to the video signal,

a foundation signal generating circuit for generating a burst signal, a horizontal synchronizing signal and a vertical synchronizing signal on the basis of the free-running oscillation output of the first PLL circuit when displaying only the added signal on a display means,

a display timing circuit for controlling the display position of the added signal, using the output of the voltage controlled oscillator of the second PLL circuit as the reference clock, and

means for changing over the modulated added signal and the video signal, on the basis of a changeover signal.

9. A superimposing system in accordance with claim 8 wherein:

said video signal is of an NTSC system.

10. A superimposing system in accordance with claim 8 wherein:

said video signal is of a PAL system.

11. A superimposing system in accordance with claim 10, which further comprises:

a line detection circuit for generating a detection output by detecting normal or reverse phase in every line of the burst signal of the PAL video signal,

said first modulator modulates the first added color difference signal on the basis of the output of the first PLL circuit, and

said second modulator inverts the phase of the output of the oscillation circuit in every line of the burst signal on the basis of the output from said line detection circuit, and modulates the second added color difference signal.

12. A superimposing system comprising:

a matrix for obtaining a first color difference signal, a second color difference signal and a luminance signal,

a burst gate for taking out the burst signal of a PAL video signal when the PAL video signal is fed, phase locked to the burst signal,

a first PLL circuit having a phase detector which receives the output from said burst gate as one input, and receives an output from a voltage controlled oscillator as another input,

said first PLL circuit comprises a voltage controlled oscillator and a phase detector having the burst signal as an input thereof, the output of the voltage controlled oscillator is shifted in phase by 90°

on the basis of a detection output of a line detecting circuit, and feeds to another input of the phase detector,

a synchronizing separating circuit for taking out a horizontal synchronizing signal from the PAL video signal,

a second PLL circuit having a phase detector which receives the output from said synchronous separating circuit as one input, and receives a predetermined frequency divided signal of an output of a voltage controlled oscillator as another input,

first and second added color difference signal modulators for modulating first and second added color difference signals, using the output of the voltage controlled oscillator of the first PLL circuit as color subcarrier,

said first modulator modulates the first added color difference signal on the basis of the output of the first PLL circuit,

an adder for adding the modulated color difference signals and the luminance signal to obtain a modulated added signal,

said line detecting circuit generating said detection output by detecting normal or reverse phase in every line of the burst signal of the PAL video signal,

reference clock selecting means for selecting the output of the second PLL circuit as a reference clock when adding an information signal to the PAL video signal and selecting the output of the first PLL circuit as the reference clock when not adding an information signal to the PAL video signal,

a foundation signal generating circuit for generating a burst signal, a horizontal synchronizing signal and a vertical synchronizing signal on the basis of the free-running oscillation output of the first PLL circuit when displaying only the added signal on a display means,

a display timing circuit for controlling the display position of the added signal, using the output of the voltage controlled oscillator of the second PLL circuit as the reference clock, and

means for changing over the modulated added signal and the PAL video signal, on the basis of a changeover signal.