Circuit for automatically compensating delay difference between

Abstract

A video signal processing system includes a circuit for detecting the delay between a luminance signal and a color signal in a video signal, and for automatically compensating for the delay. The circuit includes a Y/C separator for separating a composite video signal into the luminance signal and the color signal, and a color difference and synchronous signals separator for separating the luminance and color signals into synchronous and color difference signals. A delay circuit receives and delays the luminance signal based on a delay control signal, and outputs the delayed luminance signal to a video signal processor, which also receives the color difference signals directly from the color difference and synchronous signals separator. The delay control signal is generated by a delay correction signal generator, which is responsive to the synchronous signals generated by the color difference and synchronous signals separator, and outputs of the video signal processor, including a delayed luminance signal and color difference signals. The delay correction signal generator 22 reciprocally compares the luminance signal with the color signals in accordance with the separated synchronous signals, and outputs the delay control signal, corresponding to the detected amount of delay, to the delay circuit, in order to delay the luminance signal, and thereby compensate for the delay between the color signals and luminance signal.