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Digital color camera

CA 1194591 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Asaida, Takashi

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A digital color camera is disclosed which includes, a circuit for generating first second and third digital color, signals each at a rate of 4fsc (where fsc represents a color subcarrier frequency) from the outputs of first second and, third imagers. A circuit forms a digital luminance signal from the first, second and third digital color signals and a, circuit forms a dot-sequential color difference signal with the first and second digital color difference signals appearing alternately every , from the first, second and third digital color difference signals and a circuit passes a dotsequential digital color difference signal through a digital filter 50 as to limit the band widths of the …

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  • Granted October 1, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 1, 2002.
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FiledJune 22, 1982
GrantedOctober 1, 1985
Term endedOctober 1, 2002
Patent numberCA 1194591 A
Classification (IPC)H04N9/04 +1 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedJune 22, 1982Patent grantedOct 1, 1985Term endedOct 1, 2002

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