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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1986
Bruno A Rist, Van Nuys, CA (US);
Adrian J DeVries, Aurora, IL (US);
International Telesystems, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
A Television Signal Transmission Security System which provides a higher degree of security then previously possible by utilizing encoding and decoding technology which effectively prevents pirating by amateurs or experimenters. The television signal transmitted is encoded by injecting one or more interfering carriers in specific frequency slots in close proximity to the video carrier. Interfering carriers can be injected either above or below the video carrier between harmonics of the horizontal frequencies. Combinations of interfering carriers provide coding techniques making the system virtually pirate proof. The interfering carrier is removed by very narrow band rejection filters having a rejection band attenuation greater than about 40 db over bandwidth of up to 4000 Hz and a 3 dB bandwidth of approximately 5 kHz. The filters are constructed using advanced technology to produce the quartz crystal bulk resonators or surface acoustic wave filters. Precompensation at the transmitter improves overall amplitude and phase response to provide a nearly perfect decoded picture.