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Method and device for recreation of an analog luminance signal from a digital signal

US4670792A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 1982
Grant dateJun 2, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/40068
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns a process for the recreation of an analog luminance signal from a digital signal used for transmission after analog digital conversion of a luminance signal representative of a document to be transmitted, consisting in taking into consideration, before or after the D-A conversion of the reception, a number P of successive pixels P-2, P-1, P, P+1, p+2 and, as a function of their relative and absolute amplitudes, in processing the central pixel P, breaking it down into m sub-pixels having densities that are a function of those of the surrounding pixels. The present invention notably applies to the digital transmission of iconographic documents transmitted and received by a method of the "Belin" type.

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