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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998

Filed:

Feb. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Isabelle Portron, Versailles, FR;

Alain DeMay, Sartrouville, FR;

Philippe Le Queau, Courbevoie, FR;

Assignee:

Thomson Broadcast, Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348513 ; 348512 ;
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a synchronization device that includes two parallel memory areas, a unit for determination of write states that depends on the phase deviation between the input video signal and the synchronization signal, a write management unit that determines, when it receives a write image pulse, the memory (or memories) to be used for the next write depending on the write state and the memory that is currently being read. The two memories are read sequentially and alternately, whereas the memory(ies) used for each write is variable and determined automatically. The invention enables video signals to be synchronized with respect to a synchronization signal with a frequency deviation tolerance of up to 33%.


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