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Video information bandwidth compression

US4179709A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 1978
Grant dateDec 18, 1979
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Expiry dateJan 10, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/176
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for video information bandwidth compression arrange the video information in image fields and subfields and provide for the subfields a system of coefficients having a first coefficient indicative of average subfield luminance as to any given subfield and including a selected number of further coefficients indicative of spatial content of the particular subfield. The first and further coefficients are updated with the first coefficient being updated for each subfield as to each utilized field and the further coefficients being updated less frequently than the first coefficient. The subject invention is also applicable to bandwidth compression of recurring information other than video signals.

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