US 5,406,335 AGranted

Pal encoder using a digital signal processing

AssigneeNEC Corporation

InventorHidemitsu Nikoh

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Abstract

A PAL encoder comprises phase converter, first and second low-pass filters, a burst signal adder, a chrominance subcarrier generator, and a modulator. The phase converter converts digital first and second color-difference signals into digital U-axis and V-axis signals. The first and second low-pass filters pass low-frequency components of the digital U-axis and V-axis signals to produce band-rejected U-axis and V-axis signals, respectively. The burst signal adder adds a predetermined burst signal to the band-rejected U-axis and V-axis signals to produce burst-added U-axis and V-axis signals, respectively. The chrominance subcarrier generator outputs digital sine and cosine signals of the chrominance subcarrier. The modulator multiplies the burst-added U-axis signal by the sine signal and the burst-added V-axis signal by the cosine signal and adds the multiplied results to produce a digital chroma signal.

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Dependent claims

A PAL encoder, comprising:

phase converting means for receiving and converting first and second digital color-difference signals into a digital U-axis signal and a digital V-axis signal of U-axis and V-axis components in a UCS system of color representation;
burst signal adding means coupled to the phase converting means for adding a predetermined burst signal to the digital U-axis and V-axis signals to produce burst-added U-axis and V-axis signals, respectively;
chrominance subcarrier generator for outputting digital sine and cosine signals having a predetermined frequency of a chrominance subcarrier signal;
and
modulating means coupled to the burst signal adding means and the chrominance subcarrier generator for multiplying the burst-added U-axis signal by the sine signal and the burst-added V-axis signal by the cosine signal, and for adding the multiplied results to produce a digital chroma signal;
wherein the phase converting means comprises:
a first constant generator for generating predetermined first to eighth constants;
a first switch circuit, coupled to the first constant generator, for selecting one of the first and second constants in response to a line switch signal in synchronism with a horizontal scanning line;
a second switch circuit, coupled to the first constant generator, for selecting one of the third and fourth constants in response to the line switch signal;
a third switch circuit, coupled to the first constant generator, for selecting one of the fifth and sixth constants in response to the line switch signal;
a fourth switch circuit, coupled to the first constant generator, for selecting one of the seventh and eighth constants in response to the line switch signal;
a first multiplier for multiplying the first color-difference signal by the output of the first switch circuit;
a second multiplier for multiplying the first color-difference signal by the output of the second switch circuit;
a third multiplier for multiplying the second color-difference signal by the output of the third switch circuit;
a fourth multiplier for multiplying the second color-difference signal by the output of the fourth switch circuit;
a first adder for adding the outputs of the first and third multipliers and outputs the added result as the digital U-axis signal;
and
a second adder for adding the outputs of the second and fourth multipliers and outputs the added result as the digital V-axis signal.

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A PAL encoder, comprising:

phase converting means for receiving and converting first and second digital color-difference signals into a digital U-axis signal and a digital V-axis signal of U-axis and V-axis components in a UCS system of color representation;
burst signal adding means coupled to the phase converting means for adding a predetermined burst signal to the digital U-axis and V-axis signals to produce burst-added U-axis and V-axis signals, respectively;
chrominance subcarrier generator for outputting digital sine and cosine signals having a predetermined frequency of a chrominance subcarrier signal;
and
modulating means coupled to the burst signal adding means and the chrominance subcarrier generating means, for multiplying the burst-added U-axis signal by the sine signal and the burst-added V-axis signal by the cosine signal, and for adding the multiplied results to produce a digital chroma signal;
wherein the burst signal adding means comprises:
a second constant generator for generating ninth to twelfth constants;
a fifth switch circuit coupled to the second constant generator for selecting one of the ninth and tenth constants in response to the line switch signal;
a sixth switch circuit coupled to the second constant generator, for selecting one of the eleventh and twelfth constants in response to the line switch signal;
a seventh switch circuit for selecting one of the U-axis signal and the output of the fifth switch circuit to produce the burst-added U-axis signal in response to a predetermined burst control signal;
and
an eighth switch circuit for selecting one of the V-axis signal and the output of the sixth switch circuit to produce the burst-added V-axis signal in response to the burst control signal.

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A PAL encoder, comprising:

phase converting means for receiving and converting first and second digital color-difference signals into a digital U-axis signal and a digital V-axis signal of U-axis and V-axis components in a UCS system of color representation;
burst signal adding means coupled to the phase converting means for adding a predetermined burst signal to the digital U-axis and V-axis signals to produce burst-added U-axis and V-axis signals, respectively;
chrominance subcarrier generator for outputting digital sine and cosine signals having a predetermined frequency of a chrominance subcarrier signal;
and
modulating means coupled to the burst signal adding means and the chrominance subcarrier generator for multiplying the burst-added U-axis signal by the sine signal and the burst-added V-axis signal by the cosine signal, and for adding the multiplied results to produce a digital chroma signal;
wherein the chrominance subcarrier generator comprises:
a memory for storing, in each address location, values of the sine and cosine signals corresponding to addresses;
a third constant generator for generating predetermined thirteenth to sixteenth constants;
a ninth switch circuit for selecting one of the thirteenth and fourteenth constants in response to the switch control signal;
a tenth switch circuit for selecting one of the fifteenth and sixteenth constants in response to the switch control signal;
a third adder for receiving one input of which receives the output of the ninth switch circuit;
a fourth adder one input of which receives the output of the tenth switch circuit;
an eleventh switch circuit, controlled by the output of the second adder, for selecting one of the outputs of the third and fourth adders;
and
a temporary storage for receiving a clock signal and receiving the output of the eleventh switch circuit in response to the clock signal, and outputting the received output as the address for the memory as well as supplying to the other input terminals of the third and fourth adders.

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