Two stage interpolation system
US5351087A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 1991 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N9/641
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A two stage interpolation system provides greater bandwidth for signals compressed and expanded by interpolation, for example video signals displayed in a zoom or enlarged mode. A finite impulse response filter generates from a first signal of digital samples a second signal of digital samples representing signal points between the samples of the first signal. The first signal is delayed, but otherwise substantially unmodified. The second signal and the delayed first signal are interleaved, for example by a multiplexer, to produce a third signal of digital values having a sample density twice that of the first signal. A compensated variable interpolator derives from the third signal a fourth signal of digital samples in which the frequency content of information represented by the first signal has been changed. The first signal can have frequency components as high as approximately 40% of the sampling rate for the first signal without significant reduction of bandwidth in the fourth signal, even when expanded. In the case of enlarging the picture represented by a video signal, the video signal can be truncated, for example in a FIFO line memory, prior to being delayed and processed…
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