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Digital image data storage, data transfer and data broadcast apparatus and method

US6266081A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 19, 1997
Grant dateJul 24, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/783
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A image signal processing apparatus and method for static image display are provided. Deformation at an edge of an image can be reduced by eliminating a temporal factor and vertical resolution can be retained even after data supplementation. In the process of compressing and decompressing interlace-scanned image data, one of two fields of a frame is selected by a field selector, image data is supplemented and reproduced based on the selected field data by a supplementor, and image data is outputted as a static image without deformation. As a result, more bits can be allocated for encoding by selecting and compressing one field data only and it leads to a higher quality image display. Furthermore, display deformation can be reduced by supplementing high frequency components as zero in the decompression processing.

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