WO1991006180A3 - Method and apparatus for signal companding - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for signal companding Download PDF

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WO1991006180A3
WO1991006180A3 PCT/US1990/005701 US9005701W WO9106180A3 WO 1991006180 A3 WO1991006180 A3 WO 1991006180A3 US 9005701 W US9005701 W US 9005701W WO 9106180 A3 WO9106180 A3 WO 9106180A3
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Lawrence J Bernstein
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Eastman Kodak Co
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/14—Picture signal circuitry for video frequency region
    • H04N5/20—Circuitry for controlling amplitude response
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/80—Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof
    • H04N23/84—Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof for processing colour signals
    • H04N23/86—Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof for processing colour signals for controlling the colour saturation of colour signals, e.g. automatic chroma control circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N9/00—Details of colour television systems
    • H04N9/64—Circuits for processing colour signals
    • H04N9/68—Circuits for processing colour signals for controlling the amplitude of colour signals, e.g. automatic chroma control circuits

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A method and apparatus for signal companding is disclosed that incorporates a log-offset companding technique to provide both a high bandwidth over the dynamic range of the signal being processed as well as temperature stability. In addition, the incorporation of log-offset companding technique provides the capability of generating a family of transfer curves. The ability to provide a family of transfer curves is particularly useful, for example, in telecine machines adapted to scan more than one type of film.
PCT/US1990/005701 1989-10-16 1990-10-09 Method and apparatus for signal companding WO1991006180A2 (en)

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EP90916848A EP0454819B1 (en) 1989-10-16 1990-10-09 Method and apparatus for signal companding
DE69021196T DE69021196T2 (en) 1989-10-16 1990-10-09 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPANDING A SIGNAL.

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US07/422,348 US5010410A (en) 1989-10-16 1989-10-16 Method and apparatus for signal companding
US422,348 1989-10-16

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WO1991006180A2 (en) 1991-05-02
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