Facsimile and static presentation processing – Facsimile – Specific signal processing circuitry
Patent
1989-02-15
1990-02-06
Groody, James J.
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Facsimile
Specific signal processing circuitry
358166, 358 37, H04N 964
Patent
active
048992216
ABSTRACT:
The coring circuit in a luminance processor has a characteristic which starts at the O input/O output point and extends linearly in both a positive and negative direction. The characteristic is implemented by a linear amplifier from which the input luminance signal is blocked until it has reached a predetermined threshold amplitude. Low amplitude, high frequency noise is therefore removed without causing overpeaking at high transition levels. The coating stage is preceded in the signal processor by a circuit which furnishes a peaking signal whose rise and fall time are independent of the amplitude of the transition. This circuit is implemented by feeding back the peaked luminance signal through a first filter which has a cut-off at 4 MHz and therefore furnishes a signal responsive both to the change in amplitude and the rate of change of that amplitude, and a second filter whose output is proportional only to the change in amplitude. The output of the second filter is subtracted from that of the first, so that the resultant gain control signal varies only as a function of the transition time. This gain control signal is then applied to a gain control amplifier in the forward loop. The feedback operates to keep the transition times constant.
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Goodman Edward W.
Groody James J.
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Powell Mark R.
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