North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.

Donald B Wolter

Patrick M Rafter

An interface circuit for translating digital signals signifying colors in any of various color formats into analog signals for controlling respective primary colors of a display monitor operating in a standard R, G, B primary color format. The circuit adds a control bit to each digital signal identifying the color format of the signal, and each of the colors signified by respective digital signals are identified by digital words corresponding thereto stored in a digital memory. The bits of each stored word control respective levels of analog signal attenuation in analog summing networks for converting each of such words into respective R, G, B analog signals for the video monitor. Changing the value of the control bit changes the word read-out from the memory in accordance with the particular color format of the received digital signals.

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Pigeon Forge, TN, United States of America

Donald B Wolter