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Method for a compatible increase in resolution in color television systems
Assignee: Interessengemeinschaft fuer Rundfunkschutzrechte GmbH Schutzrechtsverwertung and Co KG
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Filing: 1984-12-10
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Granted: 1988-02-02
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Expires: 2004-12-10
Abstract
Abstract In the transmission of a television signal containing a luminance signal between a transmitting station and a receiving station of a television system, the picture resolution at the receiving station is compatibly increased by: effecting planar prefiltering of the luminance signal at the transmitting station and a corresponding planar postfiltering of the luminance signal at the receiving station; effecting offset sampling or offset modulation of the luminance signal at the transmitting station and a corresponding sampling conversion or demodulation of the luminance signal at the receiving station; deriving an additional signal from the luminance signal for increasing picture resolution, reducing the amplitude of the additional signal at the transmitting station and transmitting the additional signal together with the original luminance signal to the receiving station; and increasing the amplitude of the additional signal at the receiving station to an extent corresponding to the reduction performed at the transmitting station.
Inventors
- 👤 Broder Wendland
- 👤 Berthold Eiberger
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 03:40
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N11/00; H04N11/24; H04N11/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
In the transmission of a television signal containing a luminance signal over a transmission channel between a transmitting station and a receiving station of a television system, a method for compatibly increasing picture resolution at the receiving station comprising the steps of: effecting planar prefiltering of the luminance signal at the transmitting station and a corresponding planar post-filtering of the luminance signal at the receiving station: effecting one of offset sampling and offset modulation of the luminance signal at the transmitting station and a corresponding one of sampling conversion and demodulation of the luminance signal at the receiving station; deriving an additional signal from the luminance signal for increasing picture resolution, the additional signal having signal components not suitable for transmission over the transmission channel, and reducing the amplitude of the additional signal at the transmitting station to render the signal components of the additional signal suitable for transmission over the transmission channel and transmitting the additional signal to the receiving station; and increasing the amplitude of the additional signal at the receiving station to an extent corresponding to the reduction performed during said reducing step.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
186 words
In the transmission of a television signal containing a luminance signal over a transmission channel between a transmitting station and a receiving station of a television system, a method for compatibly increasing picture resolution at the receiving station comprising the steps of: effecting planar prefiltering of the luminance signal at the transmitting station and a corresponding planar post-filtering of the luminance signal at the receiving station: effecting one of offset sampling and offset modulation of the luminance signal at the transmitting station and a corresponding one of sampling conversion and demodulation of the luminance signal at the receiving station; deriving an additional signal from the luminance signal for increasing picture resolution, the additional signal having signal components not suitable for transmission over the transmission channel, and reducing the amplitude of the additional signal at the transmitting station to render the signal components of the additional signal suitable for transmission over the transmission channel and transmitting the additional signal to the receiving station; and increasing the amplitude of the additional signal at the receiving station to an extent corresponding to the reduction performed during said reducing step.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
Method as defined in claim 1 further comprising filtering the luminance signal at the receiving station in a lowpass filter having a Nyquist slope before said step of effecting one of sampling conversion and demodulation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method as defined in claim 2 further comprising effecting additional time filtering of the luminance signal to reduce cross-luminance.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
Method as defined in claim 1 further comprising effecting lowpass filtering of the luminance signal at the receiving station, and effecting high pass filtering, which is complementary to the lowpass filtering, of the additional signal at the receiving station.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method as defined in claim 4 further comprising effecting additional time filtering of the luminance signal to reduce cross-luminance.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method as defined in claim 1 further comprising effecting additional time filtering of the luminance signal to reduce cross-luminance.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
57 words
Method as defined in claim 1 wherein said step of reducing is effected by modifying the amplitude by a first selected filter function and said step of increasing is effected by modifying the amplitude of the additional signal at the receiving station by a second selected filter function which is complementary to the first selected filter function.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
Method as defined in claim 7 further comprising filtering the luminance signal at the receiving station in a lowpass. filter having a Nyquist slope before said step of effecting one of sampling conversion and demodulation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method as defined in claim 8 further comprising effecting additional time filtering of the luminance signal to reduce cross-luminance.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
Method as defined in claim 7 further comprising effecting lowpass filtering of the luminance signal at the receiving station, and effecting high pass filtering, which is complementary to the lowpass filtering, of the additional signal at the receiving station.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method as defined in claim 10 further comprising effecting additional time filtering of the luminance signal to reduce cross-luminance.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method as defined in claim 7 further comprising effecting additional time filtering of the luminance signal to reduce cross-luminance.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
67 words
Method as defined in claim 1 wherein said step of reducing is effected by multiplying the additional signal by a first amplitude factor which has a value less than unity and said step of increasing is effected by multiplying the amplitude of the additional signal at the receiving station by a second amplitude factor having a value which is inverse to that of the first amplitude factor.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
Method as defined in claim 13 further comprising filtering the luminance signal at the receiving station in a lowpass filter having a Nyquist slope before said step of effecting one of sampling conversion and demodulation.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method as defined in claim 14 further comprising effecting additional time filtering of the luminance signal to reduce cross-luminance.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
39 words
Method as defined in claim 13 further comprising effecting lowpass filtering of the luminance signal at the receiving station, and effecting high pass filtering, which is complementary to the lowpass filtering, of the additional signal at the receiving station.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method as defined in claim 16 further comprising effecting additional time filtering of the luminance signal to reduce cross-luminance.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method as defined in claim 13 further comprising effecting additional time filtering of the luminance signal to reduce cross-luminance.
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