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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoyuki Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Susumu Komatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358140 ; 358105 ; 358136 ; 358135 ;
Abstract
A vertical edge detection circuit for a progressive scanning conversion circuit including an input circuit for receiving an interlaced scanning television signal, a first circuit for generating an intra-field difference signal from the interlaced scanning television signal, a second circuit for generating an inter-field difference signal from the interlaced scanning television signal and a third circuit for selectively outputting a maximum value one of the intra-field and inter-field difference signals.