US4982271A
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Motion-adaptive device for separating luminance signal and color signal
Assignee: Victor Company of Japan Ltd
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Filing: 1988-12-27
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Granted: 1991-01-01
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Expires: 2008-12-27
Abstract
Abstract A motion detector detects motion of pictures represented by a composite color television signal and generates a motion signal representing the detected motion of pictures. A spatiotemporal filter extracts a color signal from the composite color television signal. A subtracter subtracts the color signal from the composite color television signal and thereby generates a luminance signal. The spatiotemporal filter includes a spatial filter. A pass band of the spatial filter is varied in accordance with the motion signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Sugiyama
- 👤 Yasuyuki Katayama
- 👤 Nobuyuki Suzuki
- 👤 Tomoaki Uchida
- 👤 Tatsushi Kouguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 20:28
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/77; H04N9/78
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
206 words
A motion-adaptive device for separating a luminance signal and a color signal, comprising: (a) a motion detector detecting motion of pictures represented by a composite color signal, the motion detector generating a motion signal representing the detected motion of pictures; (b) a time-direction filter processing the composite color signal; (c) a variable vertical-direction filter processing the composite color signal; (d) a mixer mixing output signals from the time-direction filter and the vertical-direction filter at a mixing rate which depends on the motion signal; (e) a variable horizontal-direction filter extracting a color signal from an output signal of the mixer; (f) a subtracter subtracting the color signal from the composite color signal and thereby generating a luminance signal; (g) vertical-direction variation detecting means for detecting a difference between levels of the composite color signal at sampling points separated vertically in a picture; (h) horizontal-direction variation detecting means for detecting a difference between levels of the composite color signal at sampling points separated horizontally in a picture; and (i) control means for controlling pass bands of the vertical-direction band pass filter and the horizontal-direction band pass filter in accordance with the motion signal and output signals from the vertical-direction variation detecting means and the horizontal-direction variation detecting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
206 words
A motion-adaptive device for separating a luminance signal and a color signal, comprising: (a) a motion detector detecting motion of pictures represented by a composite color signal, the motion detector generating a motion signal representing the detected motion of pictures; (b) a time-direction filter processing the composite color signal; (c) a variable vertical-direction filter processing the composite color signal; (d) a mixer mixing output signals from the time-direction filter and the vertical-direction filter at a mixing rate which depends on the motion signal; (e) a variable horizontal-direction filter extracting a color signal from an output signal of the mixer; (f) a subtracter subtracting the color signal from the composite color signal and thereby generating a luminance signal; (g) vertical-direction variation detecting means for detecting a difference between levels of the composite color signal at sampling points separated vertically in a picture; (h) horizontal-direction variation detecting means for detecting a difference between levels of the composite color signal at sampling points separated horizontally in a picture; and (i) control means for controlling pass bands of the vertical-direction band pass filter and the horizontal-direction band pass filter in accordance with the motion signal and output signals from the vertical-direction variation detecting means and the horizontal-direction variation detecting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
72 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the control means widens the pass band of the vertical-direction filter and narrows the pass band of the horizontal-direction filter when the detected vertical difference is greater than the detected horizontal difference, and wherein the control means narrows the pass band of the vertical-direction filter and widens the pass band of the horizontal-direction filter when the detected vertical difference is smaller than the detected horizontal difference.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the control means narrows both of the pass bands of the vertical-direction filter and the horizontal-direction filter when both of the detected vertical difference and the detected horizontal difference are relatively great.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
76 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the control means comprises means for generating an address signal in accordance with the output signals from the vertical-direction variation detecting means and the horizontal-direction variation detecting means, and a memory holding a set of predetermined control signals in respective storage locations, the memory selecting two of the control signals in response to the address signal and outputting the selected control signals to the vertical-direction filter and the horizontal-direction filter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
93 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the control means generates first and second primary control signals in accordance with the detected vertical difference and the detected horizontal difference, and wherein the control means comprises a multiplexer multiplexing the first primary control signal by the motion signal and thereby generating a first final control signal, and a multiplexer multiplexing the second primary control signal by the motion signal and thereby generating a second final control signal, the first and second final control signals being applied to the vertical-direction filter and the horizontal-direction filter respectively.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
54 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the vertical-direction filter comprises a fixed vertical-direction filter having a fixed pass band and processing the composite color signal, and a second mixer mixing an output signal from the fixed vertical-direction filter and the composite color signal at a mixing rate which is controlled by the control means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
59 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the horizontal-direction filter comprises a fixed horizontal-direction filter having a fixed pass band and processing the output signal from the mixer, and a second mixer mixing an output signal from the fixed horizontal-direction filter and the output signal from the first mixer at a mixing rate which is controlled by the control means.
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