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Video signal filtering with temporally spaced samples in time past

US5694177A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 6, 1995
Grant dateDec 2, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 6, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/64
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A group delay of a noise-reducing median filter for video or a video FIR filter is reduced by transferring filter contributions of fields in "time forward" to fields in "time past" with respect to an output sample point. No significant impairment is introduced by this time asymmetry.

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