The method of synchronizing the analogue display (41) of a timepiece (40), including an electronic time base (64), is achieved using proximity sensors (60, 62) respectively associated with wheels (46, 48) each having an aperture (54, 56) for defining the angular position of the latter. Determination of the angular position of a wheel requires an angular distance of around 60.degree. to 90.degree. to be travelled with this type of proximity sensor. Dependency of the measurement results upon the t...

Each communication occupying a direct mode channel comprises the transmission between mobile terminals of signals distributed into traffic time slots and into regularly dispersed control time slots during which one of the mobile terminals transmits synchronization and signaling signals. Some of the terminals determine standby time slots aligned with the control slots and continuing after the communication, and place themselves in a receive state on the channel during the aligned standby slots, w...

A video system comprises a first video device which transmits a video signal comprising image information and synchronisation information and a second video device which receives the composite video signal. The second device has a time base. For synchronising the two devices synchronisation information is extracted from the video signal received by the second Video device and from the time base of the second video device; a phase difference between the video signal received by the second video d...

In high-end professional video cameras a triax system is used for transferring various signals back and forth over a single coaxial cable between the camera and a base unit using frequency multiplexing. In low-cost camera systems the analogue camera CVBS video output signal is replaced by a standard serial SDI signal from the camera to a base unit, having a maximum data rate of e.g. 270 Mbit/s for standard definition TV signals. According to the invention, the camera/base unit system is locked v...

A circuit arrangement for generating a sawtooth voltage for synchronising the line deflection in a television receiver. The line flyback pulses are greatly limited and serve to discharge a capacitor. By controlling the edge of the sawtooth occurring during the scan period, its mean value is maintained constant. In cooperation with a phase discriminator horizontal shifts of the image are avoided because the scan remains symmetrical with respect to the centre in case of variations of the duration ...