HOST-BASED ANTI-GHOSTING OF TELETEXT DATA BASED ON NON-OVERSAMPLED DATA

摘要

A method and apparatus are provided for performing host-based anti-ghosting of teletext data in a television signal using non-oversampled data. Teletext data is first encoded within a television signal using multi-level error correction encoding, including the use of an inner correction code and an outer correction code. The television signal is then transmitted using multiple signal level modulation encoding, while adhering to the standard teletext timing. A remote computer system (1) receives the television signal containing the encoded teletext data. A tuner/capture subsystem (20) of the computer system (1) oversamples the teletext data and uses the oversampled data to reconstruct the bit peaks of the teletext data. The teletext data are then provided to a main memory (11) of the computer system (1) via a host interface (14) as non-oversampled data. The host processor (10) performs anti-ghosting, data slicing, and multi-level decoding of the teletext data based on the non-oversampled data.