Method and apparatus for signal processing by interpolation and filtering with simultaneous frequency response compensation and offset generation
US5280353A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N9/69
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A sampled input signal, e.g. a video signal, is processed to provide output signals appropriate for positions between input samples by interpolating between the input samples using an interpolating transversal filter (110) and filtering the interpolated signal with a second filter (150) the gain of which increases with increasing frequency. The coefficients of the interpolating transversal filter are chosen so as simultaneously to compensate the frequency response of the second filter and to provide a desired position offset of the output samples with respect to the input samples. The interpolation and filtering steps may be reversed in order. Surprisingly the interpolation is improved in quality when it incorporates a de-emphasis operation in this way. The sampling may be the sampling achieved by the video signal line structure. A non-linear circuit (140) such as a gamma corrector may be interposed between the interpolator and the equalizer. The system can in particular be used to process the video output of a telecine, or to process digital audio signals.
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