Sony Corporation

Masaru Shimada

Seisuke Yamanaka

Toshimichi Nishimura

A white balance control circuit for an encoded composite color television signal is disclosed in which three primary color signals of green (G), blue (B) and red (R) are matrixed to be mixed color signal components, color difference signals of R-G and B-G are provided from the mixed color signal components, and gain control circuits provided on the signal transmission paths of two primary color signals of R and B are so controlled in their gains that the color difference signals become zero, when the white balance adjustment is done.

White balance control circuit

A color camera system is disclosed in which a dot-like signal which appears on a TV screen caused by a processing error is effectively eliminated. A pick up device with a color coding filter derives composite signals containing color components modulated at a frequency f.sub.s where the composite signals are obtained in opposite phase line by line. An adder circuit is provided to mix the composite signals obtained from two adjacent lines. A detector detects the 2nd harmonic of f.sub.s from the mixed composite signals. A dual gate MOSFET is provided to suppress a high frequency region of a luminance signal which is derived from the composite signals in response to the detected 2nd harmonic of f.sub.s.

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Yokohama, Japan

Masaru Shimada