JP3560427B2 - Television broadcast receiver - Google Patents

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JP3560427B2
JP3560427B2 JP28075496A JP28075496A JP3560427B2 JP 3560427 B2 JP3560427 B2 JP 3560427B2 JP 28075496 A JP28075496 A JP 28075496A JP 28075496 A JP28075496 A JP 28075496A JP 3560427 B2 JP3560427 B2 JP 3560427B2
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は振幅変調方式で伝送される地上波テレビジョン放送の移動体用受信装置に関し、特にマルチパス妨害を救済するために映像搬送周波数及び色副搬送周波数付近の映像信号を強調するに際し、フィルタ回路による高周波域の制限による輪郭の鮮明度が失われるのを防止することに関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
上記テレビジョン放送受信装置として、特願平6−130698号公報に記載されるものがある。この記載では、アンテナと映像検波回路の間に伝送路に補正回路が設けられる。この補正回路は、伝送路の伝達特性(中間周波段又は高周波段)を変化させるためのフィルタを有し、水平同期信号(約15.7kHz)の乱れからマルチパスを検出し前記フィルタの共振特性を変化させて、映像搬送周波数付近、色副搬送周波数付近を強調させる。これは、映像搬送周波数付近で逆相のマルチパス(多重路伝搬)の選択性フェージングの影響を受けると、その付近の受信レベルが低下して、同期乱れ、色相の変化が発生し、色副搬送周波数付近で逆相のマルチパスの影響を受けると色消え(白黒化)が発生し、受信映像の乱れが発生するためである。したがって、マルチパス妨害があり受信レベルが低下しても、補正回路のフィルタにより、映像搬送周波数付近、色副搬送周波数付近を強調することによりマルチパス妨害の影響を低減する。
【0003】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
ところで、上記テレビジョン放送受信装置では、前述のように、マルチパスを検出すると、映像搬送周波数近傍の周波数成分を強調するように伝送特性が変化する。しかしながら、テレビジョン放送受信装置のAGC(自動利得調整回路)は、水平同期信号の尖頭値を検出して動作するので、水平同期信号を含む映像搬送周波数近傍の低周波数成分が強調されると復調出力では、相対的に高域の周波数成分が低下するという問題がある。すなわち、一種の低域通過フィルタにかけられたようになる。このため、マルチパスによる伝送特性を補正する回路が動作すると、映像信号の高周波帯域が制限されることになり、受信映像の輪郭部、特に小さな被写体の鮮明度が低下し、文字スーパが見にくくなるという問題が発生する。これは、映像輪郭部が輝度信号がステップ状に変化するところで、映像輝度信号はベース信号の他に高周波を含み、忠実に再生するには広い帯域を必要とするためである。
【0004】
したがって、本発明は、上記問題点に鑑み、周波数特性補正の帯域制限による輪郭の鮮明度が失われるのを防止できるテレビジョン放送受信装置を提供することを目的とする。
【0005】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明は、前記問題点を解決するために、映像搬送波信号、色副搬送信号、水平同期信号を含む映像信号を受信し、水平同期信号を用いる自動利得制御回路を有するテレビジョン放送受信装置において、前記映像搬送周波数及び色副搬送周波数付近の映像信号を強調する第一映像信号強調手段と、前記自動利得回路により高周波成分が制限される映像信号を回復する周波数特性補正回路と、前記水平同期信号の受信状態からマルチパス信号を検出して、その高周波成分を除去した制御信号で、前記第一映像信号強調手段及び前記周波数特性補正回路の動作を制御する制御回路を備える。この手段により、マルチパス発生時の受信画像の乱れを改善しかつ前記自動利得回路により高周波成分が制限される映像信号に発生する輪郭ぼけを改善することが可能になる。
【0006】
前記第一映像信号強調手段は前記マルチパス状態の大きさに対応して前記映像搬送周波数及び色副搬送周波数付近の映像信号の強調を可変し、前記周波数特性補正回路は、前記強調に連動して映像信号の回復を行う。この手段により、常に最適な受信映像を得ることが可能になる。
前記制御回路は、前記高周波成分を除去するための回路時定数に起因する制御遅れのために、マルチパスが解消しているのにもかかわらず、前記第一映像信号強調手段を動作させているときのみ、前記周波数特性補正回路の動作をさせる。この手段により、受信映像の輪郭ぼけが最も目立つ、前記制御回路の制御遅れによる誤動作発生時に効果的に輪郭ぼけの補正が行われる。
【0007】
前記自動利得制御回路により入力映像信号の強度が小さいと判断した場合に、前記周波数特性補正回路の動作を停止する。この手段により、入力映像信号が小さいために発生する砂あらし時のノイズの浮き上がりを防止することが可能になる。
【0008】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下本発明の実施の形態について図面を参照して説明する。
図1は本発明に係るテレビジョン放送受信装置の例を示す図である。本図に示すように、テレビジョン放送受信装置は、周波数fr の放送波を受信するアンテナ1と、受信信号を増幅する高周波増幅器2と、増幅信号を入力し中間周波信号fifを形成する混合器3と、混合器3に局部発振信号fL0を出力してfif=fL0−fr の中間周波信号を形成させるための局部発振器4と、混合器4に接続されて周波数帯域を制御する帯域制限フィルタ5と、映像搬送周波数fv 、色副搬送周波数fscを強調するためにこれらが共振周波数となるようにQ(同調回路の共振の鋭さ)を制御する第一映像信号強調手段であるQ可変フィルタ6と、これに接続されて中間周波領域の増幅を行う中間周波増幅器7と、これに接続され映像信号を検波する映像検波器8と、これに接続され映像信号から同期信号を抽出する同期信号処理部9と、これに接続され同期信号のうち水平同期信号の乱れから受信状態(マルチパス妨害が大きくなると大きな信号を出力する)を検出する受信状態検出器10と、これに接続され水平同期信号の乱れがある場合にはQ可変フィルタ6を制御して映像搬送周波数fv 、色副搬送周波数fscを強調するための制御回路11と、映像検出器8に接続され映像信号yと色信号cに分離するY−C分離部12と、これに接続されQ可変フィルタ6で強調された周波数特性を補正する周波数特性補正回路(エンハンサ)13と、制御回路11からの信号を反転端子にかつしきい値VTH0 を非反転端子に入力して周波数特性補正回路13の動作を制御する比較器14と、同期信号処理部9からの同期信号、Y−C分離部12からの色信号c及び周波数特性補正回路からの映像信号yを入力するディスプレイ部15と、同期信号処理部9からの水平同期信号の尖頭値を用いて中間波増幅器7の利得を制御するAGC回路16とを具備する。
【0009】
図2は図1のQ可変フィルタ6の特性を説明する図である。本図(a)は帯域制限フィルタ5からQ可変フィルタ6に入力する周波数特性を示す。本図(b)はQ可変フィルタ6の周波数特性を示す。本図(b)に示すように、Q可変フィルタ6は、補正なし(Q:最小)の場合には平坦な特性を有し、補正がある(Q:最大)場合には、映像搬送周波数fv 、色副搬送周波数fscでピークを有する特性を有する。本図(c)は映像検波器8の出力信号の映像信号の特性を示す。本図に示すように、AGC回路16が動作した時、Q可変フィルタ6の補正なしの場合の点線に対して、補正ありの場合は実線の高域周波数域(1〜2MHz)でレベル低下が大となる。このままでは、前述のように、輪郭部の鮮明度が低下することになる。ここで、0MHzは映像搬送周波数に、3.58MHzは色副搬送周波数に対応する。
【0010】
同期信号処理部9と受信状態検出器10についてさらに説明を加える。同期信号処理部9では、映像検波器8からの映像信号を入力しフェイズロックループ(PLL:図示しない。)を用いて水平同期信号を得ている。受信状態検出器10は、フェイズロックループを構成する低域通過フィルタの出力で電圧制御発振器に加えられるものを入力して、これを増幅、AM検波した信号の電圧レベル変化を、受信状態の同期乱れとして検出する。
【0011】
図3は制御回路11の例を示す図である。本図に示すように、制御回路11は、受信状態回路10からの信号を増幅する増幅器111と、受信状態検出器10からの受信状態信号の高周波成分を除去して信号の安定化を図る積分器112と、これに接続され、Q可変フィルタ6及び比較器14に出力するバッファ増幅器113を具備する。
【0012】
図4は図1の周波数特性補正回路13の構成例を示す図である。本図に示すように、周波数特性補正回路13は、水平同期信号のシンクチップ(水平同期信号の先端)のクランプするクランプ131と、クランプされた水平同期信号と映像信号(ビデオ信号)を入力しこれらの振幅制御を行うリミッタ132と、振幅制限された映像信号を微分して低周波成分を除去する微分制御コントロールアンプ133と、低周波成分を除去した映像信号の周波数特性の補正を行う補正部134と、補正された結果の振幅制限を行うリミッタ135と、クランプされた水平同期信号と映像信号を入力して高周波成分を除去する低域通過フィルタ136Bと、低域通過フィルタ136B及びリミッタ135の出力を加算する加算アンプ136Aと、加算アンプ136Aの出力と低域通過フィルタ136Bへの入力とを択一的に選択して映像信号として出力するスイッチ部138と、スイッチ部138を制御するスイッチコントロール部139と、スイッチコントロール部139を外部から制御し、微分コントロールアンプ133の動作を外部から制御する切換部140とを具備する。
【0013】
図5は図1の周波数特性補正回路13の特性を説明する図である。本図に示すように、周波数特性補正回路13は、映像信号yの周波数を、映像搬送周波数0MHzと色搬送周波数3.58MHzの間でピーク(エンハンス)を有するように補正する。すなわち、Q可変フィルタ6の周波数特性とは逆特性になるように補正される。したがって、図2(c)の高域周波数域でのレベルの低下の回復をすることが可能になる。
【0014】
本発明によれば、マルチパス発生時に高域周波数域でのレベルの低下の回復を行うことができるので、輪郭のぼけを伴う受信映像の乱れを抑制することが可能になる。
図6は本発明に係るテレビジョン放送受信装置の別の例を示す図である。本図に示すように、図1の例と異なるのをレベル変化部17である。制御回路11は、以下のように、受信状態の同期乱れの大きさに応じてQ可変フィルタ6のQを制御し、この制御に対応してレベル変換部17を介して周波数特性補正部13の補正部134の回路定数を変更する。
【0015】
図7は図5のQ可変フィルタ6と周波数特性補正回路13の特性を説明する図である。本図(a)に示すように、Q可変フィルタ6は、同期乱れが大きくなるに従ってフラットな補正OFF 、ピークが徐々に大きくなる補正1 、補正2 、補正3 により強調を行う。こに対して、周波数特性補正回路13も、フラットな補正OFF 、補正1 、補正2 、補正3 のようにピークを徐々に大きく(エンハンス) する。
【0016】
本発明によれば、中間周波段のQ可変フィルタ6の強調補正量と連動して、復調段の周波数特性補正回路13のエンハンス補正量を制御することにより、常に最適な受信映像を得ることが可能できる。すなわち、S/Nが改善される。
図8は本発明に係るテレビジョン放送受信装置の他の例を示す図である。本図に示すように、図6と異なる構成は、レベル変換器17と周波数特性補正回路13との間にアナログスイッチ18と、受信状態検出器10の出力を平坦化する積分器19と、この平均化された信号を反転端子にかつしきい値VTH1 を非反転端子に入力する比較器20と、制御回路11の出力を非反転端子にかつしきい値VTH2 を反転端子に入力する比較器21と、比較器20と21の出力を入力しかつアナログスイッチ18を“H(high) ”でONにする論理積回路22と、論理積回路22の出力を反転して、図6の比較器14に代わり、周波数特性補正回路13の動作を制御する反転器23とである。
【0017】
すなわち、映像搬送周波数の近郷の周波数成分を強調・増幅するQ可変フィルタ6に対し増幅量を制御(指示)する電圧が、あらかじめ定められるしきい値VTH2 以上で、マルチパスを検出する受信状態検出回路10からの検出信号がしきい値VTH1 以下(非検出)の場合にのみ復調段の周波数特性補正回路13でエンハンスが行われる。これは、受信映像の輪郭のぼけが最も目立つのが制御回路11の制御遅れ等の誤動作が発生する場合である。つまり、受信状態の同期乱れがある場合には前記強調が行われるが、強調中でかつまだ受信状態の同期乱れが補正されない期間は、受信映像に乱れがあるので、必ずしも周波数特性補正回路13の補正が必要ではない。むしろ、制御回路11により同期が回復され受信状態検出器10により同期乱れの解消が検出されても、制御回路11の大きな時定数のために、Q可変フィルタ6の強調補正が行われている場合、受像映像の同期乱れがないのに、強調補正のために受信映像のぼけが最も目立つようになる。本発明によれば、最も受信映像のぼけが最も目立つ場合に、受信映像のぼけを補正することが可能になる。
【0018】
図9は本発明に係るテレビジョン放送受信装置のさらなる別の例を示す図である。本図に示すように、図1と異なる構成は、比較器14と周波数特性補正回路13の間にスイッチ24と、AGC回路16の出力を非反転子にかつしきい値VTH3 を反転端子に入力しスイッチ24の動作を制御する比較器25とである。しきい値VTH3 は動作設定により可変される。
【0019】
すなわち、AGC回路16により受信機の入力信号強度を検出し、受信機の入力信号強度があらかじめ定めたレベルより下回る場合は、周波数特性補正回路13のエンハンスを停止する。これは受信機の入力信号強度が小さい場合には、いわゆる受信映像が砂あらし状態になり、このような場合に周波数特性補正回路13のエンハンスかかると、受信映像のノイズのつぶつぶが大きくなり、ノイズがうき上がるようになる。本発明によれば、このような場合の周波数特性補正回路13のエンハンスを停止してノイズが浮き上がりの発生を防止する。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明に係るテレビジョン放送受信装置の例を示す図である。
【図2】図1のQ可変フィルタ6の特性を説明する図である。
【図3】制御回路11の例を示す図である。
【図4】図1の周波数特性補正回路13の構成例を示す図である。
【図5】図1の周波数特性補正回路13の特性を説明する図である。
【図6】本発明に係るテレビジョン放送受信装置の別の例を示す図である。
【図7】図5のQ可変フィルタ6と周波数特性補正回路13の特性を説明する図である。
【図8】本発明に係るテレビジョン放送受信装置の他の例を示す図である。
【図9】本発明に係るテレビジョン放送受信装置のさらなる別の例を示す図である。
【符号の説明】
6…Q可変フィルタ
11…制御回路
13…周波数特性補正回路
16…自動利得制御回路
[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mobile receiver for terrestrial television broadcasting transmitted by an amplitude modulation method, and particularly to a filter for emphasizing a video signal near a video carrier frequency and a color subcarrier frequency to relieve multipath interference. The present invention relates to preventing loss of sharpness of a contour due to restriction of a high frequency range by a circuit.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As the television broadcast receiving apparatus, there is one described in Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 6-130699. In this description, a correction circuit is provided on a transmission path between an antenna and a video detection circuit. This correction circuit has a filter for changing the transfer characteristic (intermediate frequency stage or high frequency stage) of the transmission line, detects a multipath from a disturbance of the horizontal synchronization signal (about 15.7 kHz), and detects the resonance characteristic of the filter. To enhance the vicinity of the video carrier frequency and the vicinity of the color subcarrier frequency. This is because, when affected by the selective fading of multi-path (multi-path propagation) in the vicinity of the video carrier frequency, the reception level in the vicinity is reduced, the synchronization is disturbed, the hue is changed, and the color This is because if the signal is affected by a multipath having an opposite phase near the carrier frequency, the color disappears (black and white), and the received image is disturbed. Therefore, even if there is multipath interference and the reception level is reduced, the influence of the multipath interference is reduced by enhancing the vicinity of the video carrier frequency and the vicinity of the color subcarrier frequency by the filter of the correction circuit.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the above-described television broadcast receiving apparatus, as described above, when a multipath is detected, the transmission characteristics change so as to emphasize frequency components near the video carrier frequency. However, since the AGC (automatic gain adjustment circuit) of the television broadcast receiver operates by detecting the peak value of the horizontal synchronization signal, if the low frequency component near the video carrier frequency including the horizontal synchronization signal is emphasized. In the demodulated output, there is a problem that a frequency component in a relatively high frequency band is reduced. That is, it is as if it had been subjected to a kind of low-pass filter. For this reason, when the circuit that corrects the transmission characteristics due to multipath operates, the high-frequency band of the video signal is restricted, and the sharpness of the outline of the received video, particularly a small subject, is reduced, and the character super is difficult to see. The problem occurs. This is because the image luminance signal includes a high frequency in addition to the base signal where the luminance signal changes in a step-like manner at the image contour portion, and a wide band is required for faithful reproduction.
[0004]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a television broadcast receiving apparatus capable of preventing loss of sharpness of a contour due to band limitation of frequency characteristic correction.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention provides a television broadcast receiver having an automatic gain control circuit that receives a video carrier signal, a color subcarrier signal, and a video signal including a horizontal synchronization signal, and uses the horizontal synchronization signal in order to solve the above-described problems. A first video signal emphasizing means for emphasizing a video signal near the video carrier frequency and the color sub-carrier frequency, a frequency characteristic correction circuit for recovering a video signal whose high frequency component is limited by the automatic gain circuit, and A control circuit is provided for controlling the operations of the first video signal enhancement means and the frequency characteristic correction circuit with a control signal which detects a multipath signal from a signal reception state and removes its high frequency component. By this means, it is possible to improve the disturbance of the received image at the time of occurrence of the multipath and to improve the contour blur generated in the video signal whose high frequency component is restricted by the automatic gain circuit.
[0006]
The first video signal enhancement means varies the enhancement of the video signal in the vicinity of the video carrier frequency and the color sub-carrier frequency in accordance with the size of the multipath state, and the frequency characteristic correction circuit interlocks with the enhancement. To recover the video signal. By this means, it is possible to always obtain an optimal received video.
The control circuit operates the first video signal emphasizing means even though multipath is eliminated due to a control delay caused by a circuit time constant for removing the high-frequency component. Only when is the frequency characteristic correction circuit operated. By this means, the contour blur is effectively corrected when a malfunction occurs due to the control delay of the control circuit, where the contour blur of the received video is most noticeable.
[0007]
When the automatic gain control circuit determines that the intensity of the input video signal is low, the operation of the frequency characteristic correction circuit is stopped. By this means, it is possible to prevent the noise from rising when the sand storm occurs due to the small input video signal.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a television broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the television broadcast receiving apparatus includes an antenna 1 for receiving a broadcast wave having a frequency fr, a high-frequency amplifier 2 for amplifying a received signal, and a mixer for receiving the amplified signal and forming an intermediate frequency signal fif. 3, a local oscillator 4 for outputting a local oscillation signal fL0 to the mixer 3 to form an intermediate frequency signal of fif = fL0-fr, and a band limiting filter 5 connected to the mixer 4 for controlling a frequency band. And a Q variable filter 6 as first video signal enhancement means for controlling Q (sharpness of resonance of the tuning circuit) so as to enhance the video carrier frequency fv and the color sub-carrier frequency fsc so that they become resonance frequencies. An intermediate frequency amplifier 7 connected thereto for amplifying an intermediate frequency region, a video detector 8 connected thereto for detecting a video signal, and a synchronization signal extracted from the video signal connected thereto. A synchronization signal processing unit 9 connected thereto, a reception state detector 10 for detecting a reception state (a large signal is output when multipath interference increases) from disturbance of a horizontal synchronization signal among the synchronization signals, and a connection therewith When the horizontal synchronizing signal is disturbed, the control circuit 11 for controlling the Q variable filter 6 to emphasize the video carrier frequency fv and the color sub-carrier frequency fsc, and the video signal y connected to the video detector 8 A YC separation unit 12 for separating into a color signal c, a frequency characteristic correction circuit (enhancer) 13 connected thereto for correcting the frequency characteristic emphasized by the Q variable filter 6, and an inversion terminal for a signal from the control circuit 11 And a comparator 14 for inputting the threshold value VTH0 to the non-inverting terminal to control the operation of the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13, a synchronizing signal from the synchronizing signal processing unit 9, and a synchronizing signal from the YC separating unit 12. A display unit 15 for inputting the color signal c and the video signal y from the frequency characteristic correction circuit, and an AGC circuit 16 for controlling the gain of the intermediate wave amplifier 7 using the peak value of the horizontal synchronization signal from the synchronization signal processing unit 9 And
[0009]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating characteristics of the Q variable filter 6 of FIG. FIG. 3A shows frequency characteristics input from the band limiting filter 5 to the Q variable filter 6. FIG. 3B shows the frequency characteristic of the Q variable filter 6. As shown in FIG. 3B, the Q variable filter 6 has a flat characteristic when there is no correction (Q: minimum), and has a video carrier frequency fv when there is correction (Q: maximum). Have a peak at the color subcarrier frequency fsc. FIG. 3C shows the characteristics of the video signal of the output signal of the video detector 8. As shown in the figure, when the AGC circuit 16 operates, the level decreases in the high frequency band (1-2 MHz) indicated by the solid line with respect to the dotted line in the case where the Q variable filter 6 is not corrected and in the case where the correction is performed. It will be great. In this state, as described above, the sharpness of the contour portion is reduced. Here, 0 MHz corresponds to the video carrier frequency, and 3.58 MHz corresponds to the color sub-carrier frequency.
[0010]
The synchronization signal processing unit 9 and the reception state detector 10 will be further described. The synchronization signal processing section 9 receives the video signal from the video detector 8 and obtains a horizontal synchronization signal using a phase lock loop (PLL: not shown). The reception state detector 10 receives the output of the low-pass filter constituting the phase lock loop, which is applied to the voltage controlled oscillator, amplifies the output, and changes the voltage level of the signal obtained by AM detection, and synchronizes the reception state with the reception state. Detect as disturbance.
[0011]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the control circuit 11. As shown in the figure, the control circuit 11 includes an amplifier 111 for amplifying a signal from the reception state circuit 10 and an integration for removing a high frequency component of the reception state signal from the reception state detector 10 to stabilize the signal. And a buffer amplifier 113 connected thereto and outputting to the Q variable filter 6 and the comparator 14.
[0012]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 of FIG. As shown in the figure, a frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 receives a clamp 131 for clamping a sync tip (a front end of a horizontal synchronization signal) of a horizontal synchronization signal, and inputs the clamped horizontal synchronization signal and a video signal (video signal). A limiter 132 that performs these amplitude controls, a differential control control amplifier 133 that differentiates the amplitude-limited video signal to remove low frequency components, and a correction unit that corrects the frequency characteristics of the video signal from which low frequency components have been removed. 134, a limiter 135 for limiting the amplitude of the corrected result, a low-pass filter 136B for inputting the clamped horizontal synchronizing signal and the video signal to remove high-frequency components, and a low-pass filter 136B and the limiter 135. A summing amplifier 136A for summing the outputs, and selecting between the output of the summing amplifier 136A and the input to the low-pass filter 136B. And a switch control unit 139 for controlling the switch unit 138, a switching unit 140 for externally controlling the switch control unit 139, and externally controlling the operation of the differential control amplifier 133. And
[0013]
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating characteristics of the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 of FIG. As shown in the figure, the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 corrects the frequency of the video signal y so as to have a peak (enhancement) between the video carrier frequency of 0 MHz and the chrominance carrier frequency of 3.58 MHz. That is, the correction is performed so that the characteristics are opposite to the frequency characteristics of the Q variable filter 6. Therefore, it is possible to recover the level drop in the high frequency range shown in FIG.
[0014]
According to the present invention, it is possible to recover a decrease in level in a high frequency range when a multipath occurs, and thus it is possible to suppress disturbance of a received image accompanied by blurring of a contour.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the television broadcast receiving device according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the level changing unit 17 differs from the example of FIG. The control circuit 11 controls the Q of the Q variable filter 6 in accordance with the magnitude of the synchronization disturbance in the reception state as described below, and responds to this control by controlling the frequency characteristic correction unit 13 via the level conversion unit 17. The circuit constant of the correction unit 134 is changed.
[0015]
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the characteristics of the Q variable filter 6 and the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 6A, the Q variable filter 6 emphasizes the correction OFF with flat correction as the synchronization disturbance increases and the correction 1, correction 2, and correction 3 whose peaks gradually increase. On the other hand, the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 also gradually increases (enhances) the peak like flat correction OFF, correction 1, correction 2 and correction 3.
[0016]
According to the present invention, by controlling the enhancement correction amount of the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 of the demodulation stage in conjunction with the enhancement correction amount of the Q variable filter 6 of the intermediate frequency stage, it is possible to always obtain an optimal received image. Can be. That is, the S / N is improved.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of the television broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the configuration different from FIG. 6 is that an analog switch 18 between the level converter 17 and the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13, an integrator 19 for flattening the output of the reception state detector 10, A comparator 20 for inputting the averaged signal to the inverting terminal and the threshold value VTH1 to the non-inverting terminal, and a comparator 21 for inputting the output of the control circuit 11 to the non-inverting terminal and inputting the threshold value VTH2 to the inverting terminal. And an AND circuit 22 for inputting the outputs of the comparators 20 and 21 and turning on the analog switch 18 at "H (high)", and inverting the output of the AND circuit 22, And an inverter 23 for controlling the operation of the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13.
[0017]
That is, when the voltage for controlling (instructing) the amount of amplification for the Q variable filter 6 for enhancing and amplifying the frequency components near the video carrier frequency is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value VTH2, the reception state detection for detecting multipath is performed. The enhancement is performed by the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 of the demodulation stage only when the detection signal from the circuit 10 is equal to or lower than the threshold value VTH1 (not detected). In this case, the blur of the outline of the received video is most noticeable when a malfunction such as a control delay of the control circuit 11 occurs. In other words, when there is a synchronization disturbance in the reception state, the emphasis is performed. However, during the emphasis and the period in which the synchronization disturbance in the reception state is not yet corrected, there is disturbance in the received video. No correction is needed. Rather, even if the synchronization is restored by the control circuit 11 and the elimination of the synchronization disturbance is detected by the reception state detector 10, the emphasis correction of the Q variable filter 6 is performed due to the large time constant of the control circuit 11. Although there is no disturbance in the synchronization of the received image, the blur of the received image becomes most noticeable due to the enhancement correction. ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, when the blur of a received image is most conspicuous, it becomes possible to correct the blur of a received image.
[0018]
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing still another example of the television broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, a configuration different from that of FIG. 1 is that a switch 24 between the comparator 14 and the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 and an output of the AGC circuit 16 are inputted to a non-inverter and a threshold value VTH3 is inputted to an inversion terminal. And a comparator 25 for controlling the operation of the switch 24. The threshold value VTH3 is changed by operation setting.
[0019]
That is, the AGC circuit 16 detects the input signal strength of the receiver, and if the input signal strength of the receiver is lower than a predetermined level, the enhancement of the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 is stopped. This is because, when the input signal strength of the receiver is small, the so-called received image is in a sandstorm state. In such a case, if the enhancement of the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 is applied, the noise of the received image becomes large and the noise becomes large. Will rise. According to the present invention, the enhancement of the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 in such a case is stopped to prevent the noise from floating.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a television broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating characteristics of a Q variable filter 6 of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control circuit 11;
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating characteristics of the frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the television broadcast receiving device according to the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating characteristics of a Q variable filter 6 and a frequency characteristic correction circuit 13 in FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of the television broadcast receiving device according to the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing still another example of the television broadcast receiving device according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
6 Q variable filter 11 Control circuit 13 Frequency characteristic correction circuit 16 Automatic gain control circuit

Claims (4)

映像搬送波信号、色副搬送信号、水平同期信号を含む映像信号を受信し、水平同期信号を用いる自動利得制御回路を有するテレビジョン放送受信装置において、
前記映像搬送周波数及び色副搬送周波数付近の映像信号を強調する第一映像信号強調手段と、
前記自動利得回路により高周波成分が制限される映像信号を回復する周波数特性補正回路と、
前記水平同期信号の受信状態からマルチパス信号を検出して、その高周波成分を除去した制御信号で、前記第一映像信号強調手段及び前記周波数特性補正回路の動作を制御する制御回路を備えることを特徴とするテレビジョン放送受信装置。
Video carrier signal, color sub-carrier signal, receiving a video signal including a horizontal synchronization signal, in a television broadcast receiver having an automatic gain control circuit using a horizontal synchronization signal,
First video signal enhancement means for enhancing the video signal near the video carrier frequency and color sub-carrier frequency,
A frequency characteristic correction circuit for recovering a video signal whose high frequency component is limited by the automatic gain circuit,
A multi-path signal is detected from a reception state of the horizontal synchronization signal, and a control circuit that controls operations of the first video signal enhancement unit and the frequency characteristic correction circuit with a control signal from which a high-frequency component is removed is provided. A television broadcast receiving apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.
前記第一映像信号強調手段は前記マルチパス状態の大きさに対応して前記映像搬送周波数及び色副搬送周波数付近の映像信号の強調を可変し、前記周波数特性補正回路は、前記強調に連動して映像信号の回復を行うことを特徴とする、請求項1に記載のテレビジョン放送受信装置。The first video signal enhancement means varies the enhancement of the video signal in the vicinity of the video carrier frequency and the color sub-carrier frequency in accordance with the size of the multipath state, and the frequency characteristic correction circuit interlocks with the enhancement. 2. The television broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the video signal is recovered by performing the recovery. 前記制御回路は、前記高周波成分を除去するための回路時定数に起因する制御遅れのために、マルチパスが解消しているのにもかかわらず、前記第一映像信号強調手段を動作させているときのみ、前記周波数特性補正回路の動作をさせることを特徴とする、請求項1に記載のテレビジョン放送受信装置。The control circuit operates the first video signal emphasizing means even though multipath is eliminated due to a control delay caused by a circuit time constant for removing the high-frequency component. 2. The television broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation of the frequency characteristic correction circuit is performed only at the time. 前記自動利得制御回路により入力映像信号の強度が小さいと判断した場合に、前記周波数特性補正回路の動作を停止することを特徴とする、請求項1に記載のテレビジョン放送受信装置。The television broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein the operation of the frequency characteristic correction circuit is stopped when the automatic gain control circuit determines that the intensity of the input video signal is low.
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