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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard A Sharman, Dunstable, GB;
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36472401 ; 36472416 ;
Abstract
In a sampled data system with limited bandwidth where the output of a table memory 34 is multiplied with the sampled data in a multiplier 36 to produce a non-linear function, the process ordinarily produces harmonics that fold back into the passband of the system, thus causing artifacts in the processed data. By filtering the sampled data in a low pass filter 30 before addressing the table memory 34, the non-linearity of the function is progressively reduced toward the upper band limit. This reduces the production of harmonics and the resultant artifacts.