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Horizontal contour emphasizing signal processor

US5543859A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 1995
Grant dateAug 6, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/208
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved horizontal contour emphasizing signal processor is provided with a detector to detect a period during which luminance signal changes are produced, a generator to generate a rectangular-wave signal during this period, and a multiplier for multiplying a first horizontal contour emphasizing signal derived from the luminance signal to the rectangular-wave signal to generate a second horizontal contour emphasizing signal, and in this case, a preshoot is added to the input luminance signal waveform at the starting part of a radical waveform change and an overshoot is added at the ending part of the waveform change in order to perform finer horizontal contour emphasizing.

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