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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1984
Masao Tomita, Neyagawa, JP;
Akio Hashima, Tsuzuki, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A digital noise reducing apparatus improves the signal to noise ratio (S/N) of a luminance signal of a video signal reproduced from a recording medium. This apparatus includes: an analog to digital (A/D) converting circuit for converting the luminance signal into a digital luminance signal; a digital delay circuit for delaying the digital luminance signal by one horizontal scanning period (1H); a first calculating circuit for calculating the difference between the digital luminance signal and the delayed digital luminance signal; a limiting circuit for limiting the amplitude of an output signal of the first calculating circuit, and a second calculating circuit for subtracting a signal output which is from the limiting circuit from the digital luminance signal. The apparatus operates to reduce noise at the line offset frequency of the luminance signal.