Method to synthesize video copy protection signals
First Claim
1. A method of synthesizing copy protection signals in a video signal employing horizontal sync pulses followed by respective AGC pulses, comprising:
- replacing a portion of the horizontal sync pulse after the leading edge thereof with a selected gap voltage of selected duration to narrow the remaining portion of the horizontal sync pulse.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for defeating copy protection signals in a video signal, and also for providing copy protection signals for a video signal, is disclosed. The defeat technique generally utilizes a particular pulse position shifting, modulation, etc., of AGC, normal sync and/or pseudo sync pulses to increase the separation between the pulses. Various embodiments are disclosed including selective shifting of the relative positions of either the sync/pseudo sync or AGC pulses, trimming portions of the sync/pseudo sync and/or the AGC pulses and narrowing of either the sync/pseudo sync and/or the AGC pulses, all to provide the selective position separation between the sync/pseudo sync and AGC pulses. The copy protection technique includes various embodiments for dynamically varying the sync/pseudo sync and AGC pulse separation by applying a modulation of the above position shifting, trimming and/or narrowing techniques over selected time periods to cycle from the copy protection condition to the copy protection defeat condition, back to the copy protection condition.
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1. A method of synthesizing copy protection signals in a video signal employing horizontal sync pulses followed by respective AGC pulses, comprising:
replacing a portion of the horizontal sync pulse after the leading edge thereof with a selected gap voltage of selected duration to narrow the remaining portion of the horizontal sync pulse. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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