Processing apparatus and method for color video signals
CA 1049136 A · Owner: Eastman Kodak Company · Inventors: Granger, Edward M.
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An information processing method and apparatus which is adapted to use, for example, in the recording of color image information, calls for sampling a set of basic colors (e.g. green, red, and blue) at rates which are proportioned according to the resolving power of the human visual system respective of color, and arranging the resulting samples to produce a sequential video signal. In one implementation, green, red, and blue color image information is sampled at respective rates decreasing progressively from green to red to blue in producing a sequential signal which is recorded, and on playback a luminance signal for say, a, television display is derived from the sequential signal based …
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- Granted February 20, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 20, 1996.
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