Patent ID: 8218084

Claim:
A signal separator for separating a luminance signal and a color signal from a composite video signal, the separator comprising: a first line delay element for delaying the composite video signal by one line period, and outputting a delayed signal as a first delay signal; a second line delay element for delaying the composite video signal by two line periods, and outputting a delayed signal as a second delay signal; a correlation determination element for determining a correlation among the composite video signal, the first delay signal and the second delay signal, and outputting a determined correlation as a correlation signal; a first band pass element for passing a part of the first delay signal within the predetermined frequency band and within a color signal band, and outputting a filtered signal as a first filtered signal; a second band pass element for passing a part of the first filtered signal within the color signal band and without the predetermined frequency band, and outputting a filtered signal as a second filtered signal; a first subtraction element for subtracting the first filtered signal from the first delay signal, and outputting a subtracted signal as a first subtraction signal; an adder element for adding the first and second delay signals, and outputting an added signal as a addition signal; a second subtraction element for subtracting the second delay signal from the first delay signal, and outputting a subtracted signal as a second subtraction signal; a control signal generator for passing a part of the addition signal within a predetermined frequency band therethrough, and outputting a filtered signal as a control signal; a gain control element for reducing a level of the second subtraction signal based on the control signal, and outputting a reduced signal as a gain-controlled signal; a first selector for selecting one of the first subtraction signal and the addition signal based on the correlation signal, and outputting a selected signal as the luminance signal; and a second selector for selecting one of the gain-controlled signal and the second filtered signal based on the correlation signal, and outputting a selected signal as the color signal.