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Apparatus for coding a digital component video signal

CA 1323686 C · Owner: Wilkinson, James H. · Inventors: Wilkinson, James H.

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Apparatus for coding a digital component video signal, comprising first means for modulating a first carrier signal with one of the component chrominance signals, the first carrier signal having a four-field sequence such that the phase of the first carrier signal is inverted at every line intervals, second means for modulating a second carrier signal with the other of the component chrominance signals, the second carrier signal having a two-field sequence such that the phase of the second carrier signal is inverted at every field intervals, and means for combining a luminance signal with the modulated chrominance signals to thereby reduce the bandwidth of the combined component video …

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  • Granted October 26, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 26, 2010.
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FiledJuly 28, 1988
GrantedOctober 26, 1993
Term endedOctober 26, 2010
Patent numberCA 1323686 C
Classification (IPC)H04N11/02 +1 more

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19891992199519982001200420072010Application filedJuly 28, 1988Patent grantedOct 26, 1993Term endedOct 26, 2010

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