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Method and apparatus for processing component signals to preserve high frequency intensity information

US4999702A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 26, 1989
Grant dateMar 12, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 26, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/83
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video signal in component form is processed by generating two chroma component signals which have a selected bandwidth and are GAMMA corrected, generating a linear luminance component signal which has a greater bandwidth than the chroma component signals and is not GAMMA corrected, and GAMMA correcting the linear luminance component signal to provide a GAMMA-corrected luminance component signal having a greater bandwidth than the GAMMA-corrected chroma component signals.

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