Video sidepanel noise reduction with amplitude compression and predictive expansion
CA 2001925 C · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Koslov, Joshua Lawrence; Zdepski, Joel Walter
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A video signal processing system employs an amplitude compander for reducing the effects of transmission noise. The compander includes a transmitter nonlinear amplitude compressor for amplifying small signals and compressing large signals. A receiver includes an amplitude expander with an inverse transfer function. The nonlinear compressor generates out-of-band frequencies which are removed by a transmitter output filter, producing signal distortion. To compensate for such distortion, the transmitter duplicates certain receiver processing circuits, including the receiver amplitude expander and a filter for, generating a prediction signal. The prediction signal is subtracted from the …
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- Filed October 31, 1989 and granted December 28, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 31, 2009.
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