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Record 1 2009-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Video Technology
  • Cinematography
  • Informatics
DEF

In an interlaced video signal, the rate at which image fields are scanned, i.e. the number of fields per second.

OBS

[Fields are] constituted of alternate odd or even lines of the picture.

OBS

In the United States, the field frequency is 60 per second, or twice the frame frequency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Cinématographie
  • Informatique
CONT

La fréquence de trame ou de demi-image est de 60 Hz, car on balaie des trames par période d'image de 1/30 s. De cette façon, on présente 60 demi-images par seconde. Cette fréquence est assez grande pour éliminer le papillotement.

OBS

[Une image correspond à l'entrelacement des] lignes du groupe de numéros impairs avec celles du groupe de numéros pairs.

Spanish

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