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Apparatus and method for creating video outputs that emulate the look of motion picture film
Assignee: PRZYBORSKI PRODUCTION
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Filing: 1994-01-25
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Granted: 1995-12-12
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Expires: 2014-01-25
Abstract
Abstract Video output emulating the broadcast look of motion picture film is created by the present invention. A video camera for real time simulation of the visual appearance of motion picture film that has been transferred or converted to a video signal comprising analog signal input conditioning circuitry, an analog to digital convertor, timing and control circuitry, an address multiplexer and memory control, a digital adder, and a digital to analog convertor. A method for creating the look of broadcast motion picture film comprising the steps of increasing the scan rate of CCD image sensors to output non-interlaced video images, converting said video images from analog to digital form, writing said video images to memory, adding a selective, adjustable amount of two dimensional, electronic artifacts to simulate film grain, reading said video images from said memory banks to a video output data bus at predetermined rates, and converting said video images from digital to analog form for recording or broadcast.
Inventors
- 👤 Glenn B. Przyborski
- 👤 Robert F. Gibson
- 👤 John H. Harn
- 👤 Lloyd R. Hucke, III
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-09 15:34
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/222; H04N5/262; G; G06; G06T; G06T5/00; G06T5/20; G06T5/70; H04N25/00; H04N7/00; H04N7/01; H04N7/0112; G06T2200/00; G06T2200/12; G06T2200/28; G06T2207/00; G06T2207/10; G06T2207/10016; G06T2207/20; G06T2207/20172; G06T2207/20204
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A video camera comprising: (a) a non-interlaced video signal imaging element; (b) an analog conditioning circuit for amplifying and bandlimiting a non-interlaced video signal generated by said non-interlaced video signal imaging element; (c) an analog-to-digital converter for converting said non-interlaced video signal to a digitally represented signal; (d) a memory circuit comprising a plurality of memory banks, for storing said digitally represented signal; (e) a post conditioning circuit for introducing grain to said digitally represented signal; (f) a digital-to-analog converter for converting said digitally represented signal to an interlaced signal; and (g) a timing and control circuit for synchronizing conversion of said non-interlaced video signal to said digitally represented signal and conversion of said digitally represented signal to said interlaced signal, for storing and retrieving said digitally represented signal to and from said memory circuit, and for synchronizing the addition of grain.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A video camera comprising: (a) a non-interlaced video signal imaging element; (b) an analog conditioning circuit for amplifying and bandlimiting a non-interlaced video signal generated by said non-interlaced video signal imaging element; (c) an analog-to-digital converter for converting said non-interlaced video signal to a digitally represented signal; (d) a memory circuit comprising a plurality of memory banks, for storing said digitally represented signal; (e) a post conditioning circuit for introducing grain to said digitally represented signal; (f) a digital-to-analog converter for converting said digitally represented signal to an interlaced signal; and (g) a timing and control circuit for synchronizing conversion of said non-interlaced video signal to said digitally represented signal and conversion of said digitally represented signal to said interlaced signal, for storing and retrieving said digitally represented signal to and from said memory circuit, and for synchronizing the addition of grain.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The invention of claim 1, wherein said post conditioning circuit for introducing grain to said digitally-represented signal comprises a means for adding a selective adjustable amount of two-dimensional artifacts.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The invention of claim 1, wherein said non-interlaced video signal imaging element comprises a double-speed scanner.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
98 words
A method for creating video outputs that emulate the look of motion picture film, wherein an image is captured and converted to a non-interlaced analog signal, said method comprising the steps of: (a) converting said analog signal to digital representation; (b) separating said digital representation into odd and even numbered scan lines and storing said separated digital representation in a plurality of memory banks; (c) retrieving said separated digital representations from said plurality of memory banks in a predetermined manner; (d) adding grain to said digital representations; and (e) converting said digital representations to an interlaced analog signal.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
98 words
A method for creating video outputs that emulate the look of motion picture film, wherein an image is captured and converted to a non-interlaced analog signal, said method comprising the steps of: (a) converting said analog signal to digital representation; (b) separating said digital representation into odd and even numbered scan lines and storing said separated digital representation in a plurality of memory banks; (c) retrieving said separated digital representations from said plurality of memory banks in a predetermined manner; (d) adding grain to said digital representations; and (e) converting said digital representations to an interlaced analog signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
84 words
The invention of claim 4, wherein said step of adding grain to said digital representations comprises synchronizing the generation and placement of a random starting address for each frame on a pre-set address bus, incrementing the addresses by employing a read clock signal for each output pixel in the frame, outputting data at the address specified by said address bus to a set of parallel data buses, reducing said data to 4-bit data, and adjusting the intensity of said grain through an intensity selector.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The invention of claim 4, wherein said image is captured by a double-speed scanner.
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