Television – Image signal processing circuitry specific to television – Noise or undesired signal reduction
Patent
1994-08-15
1996-11-12
Metjahic, Safet
Television
Image signal processing circuitry specific to television
Noise or undesired signal reduction
348607, H04N 521
Patent
active
055745121
ABSTRACT:
A subtractor (106) forms a difference signal (D) from a video input signal (C) and a further signal (M) supplied thereto. The difference signal is limited (108) and attenuated (110) and the resultant signal (F) is combined (112) with the video input signal for providing a noise reduced video output signal (H). A delay circuit (202), responsive to the video output signal, provides field (A) and frame (B) delayed video signals. A selection circuit (220) selects a median value (M) of the field delayed video signal, the frame delayed video signal and the video input signal as the further signal for application to the subtractor. Advantageously, the further signal provides the dual functions of (1) facilitating the noise reduction of the output signal and (2) concurrently reducing the occurrence of potential motion artifacts to a very substantial degree.
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Coalter Richard G.
Emanuel Peter M.
Metjahic Safet
Thomson Consumer Electronics Inc.
Tripoli Joseph S.
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