US4331962A — Device for gating a blanking bar into a recording…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 210 words

Device for gating a blanking pulse into a recording of analog signals on the recording section of a picture recording device, the analog signals being supplied (in the so-called fixed mode) by a frame repeat memory at least for a presettable period of time as a frozen waveform with circular updating and the blanking bar precessing through the recording, separating the signal beginning from the signal end in the signal waveform, characterized such that the frame repeat memory (24) contains as information for the blanking bar (ST) a stored blanking bar code (281) which, when given out from the frame repeat memory, is sent on the one hand to an actuation pulse generator (282) and, on the other, to a pulse generator (47) which upon appearance of the blanking code generates an analog pulse of fast rise time whose amplitude moreover is much higher than the highest amplitude of the analog signal (A) normally to be expected, and which sends this fast rise analog pulse of especially high amplitude to the y-deflection system (48) of the remote picture recording device, while simultaneously the z-generator (49) is activated by the scanning pulse generator (282) for application of a z-actuation pulse to the z-control section of the local picture recording device (28).

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 210 words

Device for gating a blanking pulse into a recording of analog signals on the recording section of a picture recording device, the analog signals being supplied (in the so-called fixed mode) by a frame repeat memory at least for a presettable period of time as a frozen waveform with circular updating and the blanking bar precessing through the recording, separating the signal beginning from the signal end in the signal waveform, characterized such that the frame repeat memory (24) contains as information for the blanking bar (ST) a stored blanking bar code (281) which, when given out from the frame repeat memory, is sent on the one hand to an actuation pulse generator (282) and, on the other, to a pulse generator (47) which upon appearance of the blanking code generates an analog pulse of fast rise time whose amplitude moreover is much higher than the highest amplitude of the analog signal (A) normally to be expected, and which sends this fast rise analog pulse of especially high amplitude to the y-deflection system (48) of the remote picture recording device, while simultaneously the z-generator (49) is activated by the scanning pulse generator (282) for application of a z-actuation pulse to the z-control section of the local picture recording device (28).

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 31 words

Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the scanning pulse is a blanking pulse for blanking the signal recording during the period of appearance of an analog of high amplitude.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 33 words

Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the fast analog pulse of high amplitude determines by its duration the width of the blanking bar (ST) to be reproduced in the signal image.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 53 words

Device according to claim 1, characterized in that, when using a digital frame repeat memory (24), the stored blanking bar signal (281) is a memory address group (281) which circulates in the frame repeat memory together with the signal data and which represents an analog pulse of high amplitude and fast rise time.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 28 words

Device according to claim 4, characterized in that the blanking bar signal (281) is stored in the frame repeat memory (24) as a location group contain binary ONES.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 16 words

Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the address location group (281) contains 16×6 ONES.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 49 words

Device according to claims 4, characterized in that the pulse generator (47) part of the digital-to-analog converter at the output of the frame repeat memory (24), which converts the digital data stored in the address group (281) to the analog pulse of fast rise time and especially high amplitude.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 27 words

Device according to claim 7, characterized in that the digital-to-analog converter (47) is simultaneously the one which also converts the digital data of the analog signal (A).

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 57 words

Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the pulse generator (47) for the analog pulse of fast rise time and especially high amplitude is connected on the output side with a specific output device (Video Composite Output 30), over which the analog pulse together with the analog signal can be sent to a device-external signal receiver.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 46 words

Device according to claim 9, characterized in that it has additionally a specific device input (Video Composite Input 31), over which analog signals with analog pulses can be received, which are given out by another device over the latter's specific device output (Video Composite Output 30).

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 98 words

Device according to claim 10, characterized in that, after the specific input device (Video Composite Input 31), on the signal path (59) for the analog signal, a comparator (283) with a first input is connected, whose second compares the input signal with a reference voltage (V ref ) which is higher in value than the highest anticipated amplitude value of the analog voltage, which comparator (283) generates an output signal when an analog pulse of fast rise time and especially high amplitude arriving from the device input (Video Composite Input 31) exceeds the reference voltage of the comparator.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 39 words

Device according to claim 11, characterized in that the output signal of the comparator (283) activates the z-generator (49) of the picture recording device (28) in the sense of the generation of an actuation pulse for the z-control section.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 63 words

Device according to claim 12, characterized in that the line connection between actuation pulse generator (282) and z-generator (49) a switch (284) is located which during the period of time the Composite Video signal is selected, the line connection between actuating pulse generator (282) and z-generator (49) is interrupted and instead, the z-generator (49) is connected with the output of the comparator (283).

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 45 words

Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the actuating pulse generator (282) is a logic gate which generates an output signal for activation of the z-generator (49) only when at its input the stored blanking signal (281) of the frame repeat memory (24) occurs.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 26 words

Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the duration of the actuation pulse for the z-control section is lengthened to produce a lengthened blanking bar.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 31 words

Device according to claim 15, characterized in that the lengthening action is performed by a timing gate that generates an output signal depending upon the relative amplitudes of the control inputs.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 29 words

Device according to claim 16, characterized in that the control inputs to the timing gate change to one polarity simultaneously and return to the other polarity in different times.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1985-05-24	1985-11-23	1986-05-25	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1989-05-24	1989-11-23	1990-05-25	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1993-05-24	1993-11-23	1994-05-25	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Device for gating a blanking bar into a recording of analog signals

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