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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:
Jun. 04, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2008
Applicants:

Hiromichi Sano, Narashino, JP;

William Bennett, Vista, CA (US);

Liviu Burciu, Loma Linda, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hiromichi Sano, Narashino, JP;

William Bennett, Vista, CA (US);

Liviu Burciu, Loma Linda, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This disclosure presents an apparatus and method for automatic gain control correction for a television signal in which the Radio Frequency (RF) and Intermediate Frequency (IF) power signal levels are collected for a band of channels, identifying a channel having a strong RF power signal level and an IF gain signal level that is lower than a nominal IF gain signal level, comparing the identified channel RF gain signal level with the RF gain signal level of adjacent channels to identify the relative power signal levels of the channel and associated adjacent channels, and applying correction to the channel wherein there is an imbalance in the RF and IF power signal levels of the identified channel. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.


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