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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1977
David N Lambeth, Webster, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A compensator for inserting a signal segment into a video signal in substitution for a signal segment that is detected to be impaired is particularly adapted to use with discrete-sample-type video signals as, for example, may be derived using an imager having a grid of elemental imaging areas. Such compensator includes first and second registers that are capable of receiving new data in one mode and reading out data with recirculation thereof in a second mode. In operation, the registers reciprocate from one mode to the other on a scan-line by scan-line basis, but reciprocation is cancelled upon detection of a dropout or other signal impairment. Cancellation of a mode change automatically results in an insertion of recirculated information for a previous scan line.