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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Diego Coste, Varces, FR;
Ilija Materic, Grenoble, FR;
François Besson, Meylan, FR;
Hervé Maffini, Saint-Martin d'Hères, FR;
Inventors:
Diego Coste, Varces, FR;
Ilija Materic, Grenoble, FR;
François Besson, Meylan, FR;
Hervé Maffini, Saint-Martin d'Hères, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Successive values of a horizontal phase of a video signal are determined a predetermined integer number of video lines after the successive occurrences of vertical synchronization pulses. The successive values of a parity bit are updated according to the successive values of the horizontal phase. Indications on the parity of the fields are provided from the successive values of the parity bit.