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Noise reduction circuit for video signal

US4709269A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 1987
Grant dateNov 24, 1987
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/21
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A noise reduction circuit for video signal comprises first through third circuits each for obtaining from an input video signal a high frequency component including a noise component and for limiting large amplitude parts thereof, where a filter part of the second circuit has an impulse response characteristic wherein an amplitude increases or decays with time and is complementary to that of a filter part of the first circuit and a filter part of the third circuit has an impulse response characteristic which is essentially a combination of the two impulse response characteristics, and a fourth circuit for carrying out a subtraction between the input video signal and an output signal of the first circuit so as to obtain a first signal which is substantially eliminated of the noise component except for a noise component and distortion remaining at parts in vicinities of rises and falls in the video signal caused by the amplitude limitation carried out in the first circuit, carrying out a subtraction between output signals of the second and third circuits so as to obtain a second signal which includes the noise component and the waveform distortion of the first signal with an inverted…

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