Processing of video image signals

Details Processing of video image signals Processing of video image signals

1988-01-26

1989-11-07

Britton, Howard W.

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Static presentation processing

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340729, 358160, 358180, 358183, 364522, H04N 5262, H04N 1300, H04N 1302

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048795976

ABSTRACT:
In a method of processing a video signal to provide digital video effects, an image signal is provided with an accompanying reference signal or Z-axis signal representative of the instantaneous distance of the scanning point of the video raster from an imaginary plane to be depicted as containing said information, taken in a direction perpendicular to the image screen. This reference signal may then be utilized to produce a variety of effects. For example a circuit for superimposing sets of image information to give the impression of an overlap in three dimensional space may comprise an order sorting circuit (1) having inputs (2,3,4) for sets of signals comprising picture information (P) a key signal (K) and a Z-axis signal (Z). At outputs (5,6,7) of the circuit the sets of signals are sorted into order of priority dependent on the magnitude of the Z-axis signal (Z). The picture signals (P) are mixed by multipliers (25,26,27) and a summer (28) to provide a composite picture signal in which the mixing of the components is determined by the multiplication factors of the multipliers (25,26,27). These factors are derived from the key signals having corresponding orders of priority, the key signals of lower order of priority being correspondingly attenuated by cascaded attenuators (12,13,14) coupled between lower order outputs of the sorting circuit (1) and a weighting circuit (11) for controlling the multipliers (25,26,27).

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patent: 4684990 (1987-08-01), Oxley

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