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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alexander Starck, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358136 ; 375 33 ;
Abstract
A method for improving picture quality given DPCM coded television signals provides for the determination of an activity criterion from the video values of the same television field which surround a current sample and the video signal values of the preceding television field by calculation of the intensity differences between the video signal values. The estimated value is determined from the video signal values of the most recent television field, from the video signal values of the most recent and current television fields, or only from the video signal values of the current television fields, as a function of two thresholds.