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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Towfique Haider, Allen, TX (US);
Walter H. Demmer, Nuremberg, DE;
Bart Decanne, San Jose, CA (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A video correction system and method are disclosed that provide video correction for an input signal. The system includes a logarithmic converter that creates a logarithmic representation of the input signal. A configurable corrector/converter comprises a plurality of associated components operative to process the logarithmic representation of the input signal. The configurable corrector/converter produces an output signal having at least one desirable signal characteristic. A switch control selects a configuration for the corrector/converter. The configuration indicates at least one of the plurality of associated components that will process the logarithmic representation.