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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1978
Filed:
May. 05, 1976
Gopal K Srivastava, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Dennis W Rhee, Palatine, IL (US);
Admiral Corporation, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An automatic hue control circuit is disclosed for a color television receiver, wherein the flesh-tone signals of the reproduced image are enhanced by spreading the phase angle between the R-Y and the B-Y reference signals before applying them to their respective demodulators. In one aspect of the invention, the flesh-tone enhancement by phase-shifting the R-Y and B-Y signals occurs only for positive values of the flesh-tone signals. In a further aspect of this invention, a simplified automatic hue control circuit is disclosed as comprising a matrix for receiving, respectively, the R-Y, the G-Y and the B-Y color signals to obtain a DC quiescent voltage with which the flesh-tone signal, as indicated by the sum of the R-Y and the G-Y signals, is compared to render conductive a switch, illustratively in the form of a diode, whereby the phase-shift is imparted to the R-Y and B-Y reference signals. In particular, the desired phase shift between the R-Y and B-Y signals is effected only when the flesh-tone signals are of a positive value, whereby a more accurate color reproduction is provided.