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Controller for adjusting color hue and saturation of images generated from signals in a non-broadcasting video system

CA 1298397 C · Owner: Eckenbrecht, Robert R. · Inventors: Eckenbrecht, Robert R.

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A color tint controller for a, closed-circuit video system receives red and blue color difference signals and selectively changes the amplitudes of these signals to adjust the color of a displayed image. This is accomplished by changing the levels of the red color difference signals in a first direction, and changing the levels of the blue color difference signals in a second opposite direction, and then adding these changed signals to generate an adjusted red difference signal which is fed into a RGB matrix. At the same time the levels of the blue, difference signals are changed in the first direction and the levels of the red color difference signals are changed in the second direction, …

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  • Granted March 31, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 31, 2009.
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FiledSeptember 13, 1988
GrantedMarch 31, 1992
Term endedMarch 31, 2009
Patent numberCA 1298397 C
Classification (IPC)H04N9/04 +2 more

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1989199219951998200120042007Application filedSep 13, 1988Patent grantedMarch 31, 1992Term endedMarch 31, 2009

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