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Luminance-chrominance separating apparatus having a spatial filtering effect

CA 1115413 A · Owner: Nippon Electric Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Kashigi, Kazuo

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A luminance/chrominance separating apparatus is described in which a luminance and a chrominance signal are extracted from a composite color television signal by a comb filter. The filter comprises a first delay circuit and a second delay circuit, connected in series and each delaying, the composite color signal by one horizontal scanning period. First and second delayed signals are thereby obtained. The second delayed signal is added to the non-delayed television signal to produce a first added signal and this is then added to the first delayed signal to produce a second added signal. The first added signal is also subtracted from the first delayed signal to produce a subtracted signal and …

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  • Granted December 29, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 29, 1998.
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FiledMay 17, 1979
GrantedDecember 29, 1981
Term endedDecember 29, 1998
Patent numberCA 1115413 A
Classification (IPC)H04N9/78

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedMay 17, 1979Patent grantedDec 29, 1981Term endedDec 29, 1998

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