Method of automatically measuring the horizontal scan frequency of a composite synchronism signal, and an electronic circuit operating in accordance with the method
First Claim
1. Method of automatically measuring the broadcasting standard of a composite synchronism video signal comprising synchronization impulses at horizontal line frequency, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
- effecting a count of a number of impulses, which impulses have a repeat frequency higher than said line frequency, intervening between two successive, line frequency impulses to produce a count value representative of the line frequency;
storing the said count value, corresponding to said number of impulses, to obtain the line frequency; and
effecting successive check counts, int he reverse order, of the same said impulses between subsequent line frequency impulses until a change of frequency of the composite synchronism signal is detected.
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Abstract
A method of automatically measuring the horizontal scan frequency of a composite synchronism signal, comprising horizontal synchronization impulses at line frequency, consists of first performing a count of a number of impulses having a repeat frequency higher than said line frequency, as intervening between two successive impulses at line frequency.
The count value, corresponding to said number of impulses, is stored to obtain the line frequency of the signal, and thereafter, a series of down counts is effected, as initiated at predetermined times, until a change of frequency of the signal is detected.
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9 Claims
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1. Method of automatically measuring the broadcasting standard of a composite synchronism video signal comprising synchronization impulses at horizontal line frequency, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
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effecting a count of a number of impulses, which impulses have a repeat frequency higher than said line frequency, intervening between two successive, line frequency impulses to produce a count value representative of the line frequency; storing the said count value, corresponding to said number of impulses, to obtain the line frequency; and effecting successive check counts, int he reverse order, of the same said impulses between subsequent line frequency impulses until a change of frequency of the composite synchronism signal is detected.
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2. An electronic circuit for automatically measuring the horizontal synchronization frequency of a composite synchronism signal comprising horizontal synchronization impulses at a line frequency and at least one synchronization impulse at vertical frequency, characterized in that it comprises:
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a timer receiving on its input said synchronization signal and a clock signal having a predetermined repeat frequency higher than said line frequency; a counter connected downstream from the timer to detect the number of the impulses at clock frequency between two successive impulses at line frequency, said number of impulses being representative of the line frequency; a memory connected two-directionally to the counter for storing said number of impulses; and control logic having inputs connected to outputs of said timer and said counter, and outputs connected to respective inputs of the counter and the memory to enable up or down counting and storing based upon timing signals from the timer. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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