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Method for the transmission of a video signal
Assignee: Deutsche Thomson Brandt GmbH
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Filing: 1987-08-10
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Granted: 1989-03-21
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Expires: 2007-08-10
Abstract
Abstract A method for the transmission of a video signal, in which the analogue signal is converted into a digital signal and is digitally transmitted. However, before the transmission is transformed into the spectral domain, some portions of the digital signals are variously weighted on the basis of the physiological behavior of the eye. This weighting is performed by coding the signals to be transmitted in their representational accuracy.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz-Werner Keesen
- 👤 Wolfgang Hartnack
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 16:55
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N19/00; H04N19/10; H04N19/102; H04N19/124; H04N19/126; H04N19/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
A method for the transmission of a video signal, said method comprising the steps of: converting video signals to digitalised video signals; transforming each of said digitalised video signals to a frequency domain wherein said each incoming digitalised video signal being multiplied by a transformation coefficient to form a transformed digitalised video signal; quantising each of said transformed digitalised video signals by weighting each of said transformed digitalised video signals with a spectral value to derive a corresponding spectral coefficient so that only said transformed digitalised video signals in the frequency domain being perceptible to the human eye become spectral coefficients; performing an inverse function of said step of transforming wherein each of said spectral coefficients being translated from the frequency domain to a time domain and reverse-transformed digitalised signals; converting said reverse-transformed digitalised signals to reverse-transformed analogue signals; and displaying said reverse-transformed analogue signals on a picture screen wherein any irrelevant and redundant portions of said digitalised video signals are suppressed and filtered out so that said reverse-transformed analogue signals may be different than said digitalised video signals.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
179 words
A method for the transmission of a video signal, said method comprising the steps of: converting video signals to digitalised video signals; transforming each of said digitalised video signals to a frequency domain wherein said each incoming digitalised video signal being multiplied by a transformation coefficient to form a transformed digitalised video signal; quantising each of said transformed digitalised video signals by weighting each of said transformed digitalised video signals with a spectral value to derive a corresponding spectral coefficient so that only said transformed digitalised video signals in the frequency domain being perceptible to the human eye become spectral coefficients; performing an inverse function of said step of transforming wherein each of said spectral coefficients being translated from the frequency domain to a time domain and reverse-transformed digitalised signals; converting said reverse-transformed digitalised signals to reverse-transformed analogue signals; and displaying said reverse-transformed analogue signals on a picture screen wherein any irrelevant and redundant portions of said digitalised video signals are suppressed and filtered out so that said reverse-transformed analogue signals may be different than said digitalised video signals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transforming further comprising a discrete cosine transformation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transforming further comprising a serial two one-dimensional transform.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of performing further comprising the step of: performing a reverse transformation by multiplying said spectral coefficients by a reverse transformation coefficient for the vertical direction and multiplying again for the horizontal direction.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of quantising further comprising a second weighting of each of said transformed digitalised video signals with a second spectral value to derive a corresponding second spectral coefficient so that only said transformed digitalised video signals in the frequency domain being perceptible to the human eye become second spectral coefficients.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 5, wherein said step of performing further comprising the step of: performing a second reverse transformation by multiplying said spectral coefficients by a second reverse transformation coefficient wherein said second reverse transformation being the reciprocal of said second spectral coefficients.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of converting further comprising the step of: forming a matrix of said digitalised video signals, wherein said analogue signals represent video picture data being arranged as 8×8 picture points.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of performing further comprising an inverse discrete cosine transformation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of transforming further comprising the step of: multiplying said matrix a first and a second time with said transformation coefficients wherein said first time being a vertical transform and said second time being a horizontal transform.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
165 words
A method for the transmission of a video signal, said method comprising the steps of: converting analogue video signals to digitalised video signals; transforming each of said digitalised video signals to a frequency domain wherein said each incoming digitalised video signal being multiplied by a weighted transformation coefficient to form transformed digitalised video signals; quantising said transformed digitalised video signals to derive a corresponding spectral coefficient so that only said transformed digitalised video signals in the frequency domain being perceptible to the human eye become spectral coefficients; performing an inverse function of said step of transforming wherein each of said spectral coefficients being translated from the frequency domain to a time domain and reverse-transformed digitalised signals; converting said reverse-transformed digitalised signals to reverse-transformed analogue signals; and displaying said reverse-transformed analogue signals on a picture screen wherein any irrelevant and redundant portions of said digitalised video signals are suppressed and filtered out so that said reverse-transformed analogue signals may be different than said digitalised video signals.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
165 words
A method for the transmission of a video signal, said method comprising the steps of: converting analogue video signals to digitalised video signals; transforming each of said digitalised video signals to a frequency domain wherein said each incoming digitalised video signal being multiplied by a weighted transformation coefficient to form transformed digitalised video signals; quantising said transformed digitalised video signals to derive a corresponding spectral coefficient so that only said transformed digitalised video signals in the frequency domain being perceptible to the human eye become spectral coefficients; performing an inverse function of said step of transforming wherein each of said spectral coefficients being translated from the frequency domain to a time domain and reverse-transformed digitalised signals; converting said reverse-transformed digitalised signals to reverse-transformed analogue signals; and displaying said reverse-transformed analogue signals on a picture screen wherein any irrelevant and redundant portions of said digitalised video signals are suppressed and filtered out so that said reverse-transformed analogue signals may be different than said digitalised video signals.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method according to claim 10, wherein said step of converting further comprising the step of: forming a matrix of said digitalised video signals wherein said analogue signals represent video picture data being arranged as 8×8 picture points.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of performing further comprising an inverse discrete cosine transformation.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of transforming further comprising a serial two one-dimensional transform.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of transforming further comprising a discrete cosine transformation.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein the step of transforming further comprising the step of: multiplying said matrix a first and a second time with said weighted transformation coefficients wherein said first time being a vertical transform and said second time being a horizontal transform.
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