Method and apparatus for increasing the vertical definition of a transmitted television signal
CA 1332979 C · Owner: Scientific Atlanta, Inc. · Inventors: Lucas, Keith; Van Rassell, William F.
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A method for enabling an increase in the vertical definition of a transmitted television signal while preserving its bandwidth including the steps of decimating alternate lines of the television signal and reinterpolating untransmitted alternate lines upon reception. The decimation is accomplished by diagonally filtering the television signal in two dimensions to form a figure of five sample structure. Every other line is then added to the line adjacent to it so that half the lines are available for transmission each, line comprising folded-in high frequency information about missing line samples. Prior to transmission, bandwidth is conserved by filtering the signal to be transmitted at a …
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- Granted November 8, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 8, 2011.
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