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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1979
Charles L Olson, Oaklyn, NJ (US);
Joseph F Hacke, Lindenwold, NJ (US);
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In a television camera having an electron scanning beam stabilizer circuit, a circuit for improved handling of highlights comprises means for forming an electrical signal corresponding to a pickup tube image highlight, limiting the magnitude of said signal to a predetermined level and utilizing that signal to form a highlight handling signal which causes the increase in beam scanning current necessary to discharge said highlight. In a color camera, the output from one pickup tube can be used to derive the signals necessary to control all three tubes simultaneously. A modified beam stabilizer circuit comprises means for allowing the beam current to increase without reduction by the beam stabilizer in order to discharge the highlight. A complementary signal derived from the highlight handling signal is applied to the modified beam stabilizer simultaneously with the highlight handling signal in order to neutralize the beam stabilizer.