摘要:
Video camera which emphasizes an outline of a video signal produced thereby. A detail signal of a video image represented by the video signal is generated and which represents a vertical outline emphasis signal. Edges of the video image and burst-like portions of the video signal are detected, and an edge detection signal is generated that corresponds in one manner to the detected edges and that corresponds in another manner to the detected burst portions. The detail signal is adjusted by the edge detection signal or by a cross color suppression signal generated from the vertical outline emphasis signal. The video signal then is modified by the adjusted detail signal so as to produce the outline emphasized video signal. The detail signal may also be adjusted by a gain setting signal that corresponds to the vertical outline emphasis signal and which is compressed in level when the vertical outline emphasis signal is relatively low.
摘要:
An apparatus for processing a video signal by adjusting the contour of a picture. The apparatus includes an arrangement from a delay circuit 2 to a subtraction circuit 5 for extracting a contour of the picture and generating at least a signal opposite in polarity to a contour enhancement signal enhancing the extracted contour. The signal polarity is continuously varied from a maximum value of a positive polarity to a maximum value of an opposite polarity by a variable resistor RV2, an output of which is added to the input video signal by an addition circuit 6. With the processing apparatus, a picture can not only be raised in resolution as felt by the viewer, that is can be enhanced in contour, but also can be lowered in resolution as felt by the user, that is can be softened in contour. A corresponding method for processing a video signal by adjusting the contour of a picture and a video camera having the apparatus for processing the video signal in this manner are also disclosed.
摘要:
A video display monitor employs interpolation which maintains sharpness in images which have large differences in signal levels of picture elements and assuring smoothness of images such as lamps which have small differences in signal levels. The difference in the signal level differences of respective adjacent picture elements is detected by delay and subtraction. A decoder produces a signal for interpolation based on the input of an interpolation coefficient and the absolute value of the interpolation coefficient which is output from an absolute value detector.
摘要:
In an image processing system, an outline correction of image data and a smoothing for noise removal are performed. Generally, the outline correction is performed by emphasizing a high frequency component, and the smoothing is performed by removing the high frequency component. Within one image data, by properly switching the emphasizing and the removal of the high frequency component, while the outline correction is carried out, the noise removal can be performed. An absolute value of a high frequency component Fa extracted from the image data Pi by a first differential filter is compared with a discrimination threshold value K, and depending on the comparison result, either Fa or -Fa as the correction data Fo is selected by a selector and is added to the image data Pi. As a result, when Fo=Fa, the high frequency component is emphasized, and when Fo=-Fa, smoothing is performed. A pixel interpolation and a multi picture formation are also disclosed.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for enhancing an image for a display, first digitizes the image to produce a map of the image, this map containing pixels having 2.sup.n grey levels where n is the number of bits per pixel. The map of the image is then downsampled to produce a downsampled map of the image. Thresholding is then performed on the downsampled map of the image to reduce the number of bits per pixel from n bits to m bits to produce a thresholded downsampled map of the image, where m is less than n. The number of bits per pixel is restored from m bits to p bits, where p is greater than m, to produce a restored thresholded downsampled map of the image. The restored thresholded downsampled map of the image can be downsampled again to produce an image map suitable for display on a low to moderate cost display, such as a CRT, with grey scale capability. The displayed image has an enhanced appearance, since it is high fidelity with respect to the original.
摘要:
A method which can be used to enhance an outline of an image displayed in an image display apparatus such as a television receiver, and a circuit performing the method. The circuit includes a peaking signal generation circuit which generates a first peaking signal and a second peaking signal corresponding to an amplitude transition of a video signal. A first peaked video signal generation circuit generates a first peaked video signal by adding the first peaking signal to the video signal. A control signal generation circuit generates a first control signal based on a result of comparing a first-order differential signal developed by differentiating the video signal with a reference signal, and a second control signal by delaying the first control signal for the predetermined period. A first selection circuit selects either the video signal or the first peaked videos signal according to the first control signal. A second peaked video signal generation circuit generates a second peaked video signal by adding the second peaking signal to the first selected signal. And, a second selection circuit selects either the first selected signal or the second peaked signal to develop a second selected signal, and outputs the second selected signal as an enhanced video signal. Therefore, the circuit can enhance an outline of an image formed by a video signal without modifying an amplitude transition time of the video signal and introducing the preshoot and overshoot into the video signal.
摘要:
Video down-conversion apparatus in which an input, higher definition video signal is converted to an output, lower definition video signal having a smaller number of active lines and/or a smaller number of active pixels per line than the input video signal, comprises: an interpolator for receiving pixels of the input video signal at an input pixel rate and interpolating output data values at the input pixel rate, the output data values comprising active output pixel values interspersed with dummy pixel values; control logic for generating an active enable signal associated with the output data values generated by the interpolator, the active enable signal having a first state when an active output pixel value is generated and a second state when a dummy pixel value is generated; a signal processing device connected to receive the output data values generated by the interpolator, the signal processing device comprising an input latch operable to latch an output data value from the interpolator only when the active enable signal is in the first state; and a buffer memory for buffering data output by the signal processing device, for output at a pixel rate associated with the output, lower definition video signal.
摘要:
A method of filtering images with a filter that is dependent on image type. For binary images, a fixed Laplacian filter is used for all pixels. For non-binary images, an automatic level-sensitive Laplacian filter is used. For non-binary images, Laplacian filter coefficients and normalization divisors are made a function of intensity on a pixel by pixel basis. Pixels indicating a high intensity may be greatly changed by neighboring pixels. Pixels indicating a low intensity receive relatively little or no filtering. In a specific example embodiment, the intensity range is divided to bands, with a different filter for each band. The resulting images are visually sharpened (edge enhanced) with very little impact in darker areas of the image.
摘要:
Digital processing apparatus for correcting an image enhancement signal having a shape includes a peak detector for detecting and holding peak levels of the image enhancement signal and an adjustment circuit, responsive to the peak levels, for correcting the image enhancement signal to reduce its peak levels while substantially maintaining its shape and to limit the signal levels of the image enhancement signal to a range of levels substantially between a first predetermined peak limit and a second predetermined peak limit.
摘要:
Video signal processing apparatus and method which generates an aperture correction signal, or detail signal, which has a narrow width even for video signals that have low high frequency components. The processing apparatus generates a standard detail signal from the video signal, detects the maximum amplitude level of plural samples of the detail signal, and modifies the amplitude level of one of those samples as a function of the ratio of the sample's amplitude level to the detected maximum amplitude level. The apparatus further properly modifies the detail signal even when the positive and negative maximum amplitudes of the video signal are substantially different.