Abstract: The invention provides improved video comb filtering. One aspect of the invention considers detected motion of an object between a reference signal and a comparison signal in determining whether to comb and if combing is indicate, what portion of each of the signals to use for combing. Another aspect of the invention detects non-coherent combing decisions and eliminates the non-coherency. Yet another aspect of the invention uses luma bandwidth reduction and/or chroma bandwidth reduction in the case of a comb failure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 5, 2004
Date of Patent:
February 5, 2008
Assignee:
QuStream Corporation
Inventors:
Virgil L. Lowe, Xavier Jacques Lacarelle