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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1988
Keith Lucas, Richmond Hill, CA;
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for increasing the definition of an NTSC video signal using an augmentation channel involves the generation of both a line summation signal as well as a line difference signal. From the line summation signal, a horizontal detail signal may be derived which may be diagonally filtered and added to a diagonally filtered vertical detail signal and transmitted in a bandwidth of approximately 2.5 mega-hertz. Furthermore, the line summation signal may be applied for the derivation of a standard NTSC video signal which is transmitted separately from the augmentation channel. Decoder apparatus comprises a single digital diagonal filter having complimentary output functions resulting in both improved horizontal and vertical resolution at low cost.