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Error concealment apparatus for HDTV receivers

US5247363A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1992
Grant dateSep 21, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4382
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Image reproduction is improved in an MPEG-like television receiver by inclusion of post-processing adaptive error concealment. Compressed video signal is examined to determine blocks of video signal containing errors, and error tokens are generated for identifying corresponding blocks of decompressed pixel values. Pixel values adjacent the decompressed blocks of pixel values containing errors are examined to generate estimates of the relative image motion and image detail in the area of such blocks. The block of pixel values is replaced with temporally displaced co-located blocks of pixel values or interpolated data depending upon whether the estimate of image motion is lesser or greater than the estimate of image detail.

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