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Natural luminance transient enhancement

US6867817B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2001
Grant dateMar 15, 2005
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Expiry dateApr 13, 2023

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

Abstract

A method and apparatus for enhancing an edge transient contained in a video signal include identifying the edge transient and the edge center of the edge transient in the video signal; selecting a side of the edge transient, relative to an edge center thereof, to enhance; and adding an edge change signal to the video signal to asymmetrically enhance the selected edge transient.

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