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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1985
Isamu Inagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruo Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reception system is disclosed, which includes a tuner for selecting one of broadcast channels of CATV, a video detector connected to the tuner for deriving output signals having video signals and command data of the selected channel, a data fetch circuit for extracting the command data and character data out of the output signals derived from the video detector, a display controller for controling video outputs to be displayed on a display screen, and a key pad for supplying the control command to the display controller. In this case, the display controller includes a character generator for generating character signals to be displayed on the display and masking circuit for superimposing masking signals on the video signal on request.