Abstract:
Systems and methods may provide for conducting a real-time perceptual quality analysis of a video, wherein the perceptual quality analysis includes at least one of a noise measurement, a contrast measurement and a sharpness measurement. One or more strength parameters of one or more post-processing modules in a video processing pipe may be set based on the perceptual quality analysis resulting in overall video processing that adapts to the changing perceptual quality of the input. In one example, the strength parameters include at least one of a contrast parameter and a de-noising parameter. The invention results in visually enhanced video at the output of the post-processing module.
Abstract:
A video signal processing method includes the steps of processing an input video signal and outputting an output video signal, detecting a temporal feature from the input video signal, smoothing the temporal feature by filtering and outputting the smoothed temporal feature, and controlling processing performed in the processing step in accordance with the temporal feature smoothed in the smoothing step. In this method, the smoothing step switches a characteristic of the filtering in accordance with the attribute of the input video signal.
Abstract:
An FM-demodulating apparatus for use in a video tape recorder or the like arranged such that an FM-modulated video signal is phase-shifted by utilising a Hilbert transform circuit thereby to reduce the occurrence of moire. Thus, a signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of a demodulated signal can be improved. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a first demodulator circuit (13) receiving an FM-modulated input; a Hilbert transform circuit (15) receiving the FM-modulated signal for phase-shifting it by 90 degrees; a second demodulator circuit (16) coupled to said Hilbert transform circuit (15); and mixing means (17) coupled to said first demodulator circuit (13) and said second demodulator circuit (16) for deriving FM-demodulated video signals. In a second embodiment, the apparatus comprises a Hilbert transform circuit (62, 63, 65) receiving the FM-modulated signal for phase-shifting it by 90 degrees, said Hilbert transform circuit including delay circuits (62, 63) and a subtracting circuit (65); adding means (64) coupled to said delay circuits (62, 63) included in said Hilbert transform circuit; a first demodulator circuit (67) coupled to said adding means (64) for demodulating signals obtained from said adding means (64); a second demodulating circuit (69) coupled to said subtracting circuit (65) of the Hilbert transform circuit for demodulating signals obtained from said subtracting circuit (65); and a mixing circuit (70) coupled to said adding means and said subtracting circuit of said Hilbert transform circuit for deriving FM-demodulated video signals.
Abstract:
An apparatus which converts a video signal (1) to an FM signal and records the FM signal on a magnetic recording medium (12) has a filter (3) which eliminates an upper sideband component of the FM signal before recording thereby to enhance the increase of the levels of the lower sideband components of the repoduced FM signal.
Abstract:
A reproduction system noise reduction circuit of a VTR is implemented in combination with a recursive type noise reduction circuit and a non-recursive type noise reduction circuit. The recursive type noise reduction circuit has a characteristic with complimentary relation to that of a recording system vertical emphasis circuit to function as a vertical de-emphasis circuit subjecting a reproduced luminance signal to vertical de-emphasis. The non-recursive type noise reduction circuit cancels noise components without line correlation from the reproduced luminance signal subjected to vertical de-emphasis. It is not necessary to increase noise reduction amount in each noise reduction circuit because vertical de-emphasis and noise reduction are carried out individually. Therefore, degradation of vertical resolution and increase in raining-like noise are prevented.
Abstract:
Apparatus for reproducing recorded information on a video disk (1), the recorded information including an FM signal containing video information, an EFM signal containing audio signals and cross modulation components of the FM and EFM signals within the bandwidth of the video signal. The apparatus includes cross modulation suppressing circuitry (4) consisting of an amplifier with a gain which decreases at frequencies equal to the frequency components of the cross modulation components falling within the frequency band of the FM video signal. In this way the cross modulation components are suppressed without suppressing the FM signal, thereby preventing the cross modulation components from interfering with the FM signal.