JPH09168136A - Decoder for multiplex subsample transmission signal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a circuit scale and to keep high quality of received pictures for a decoder which decodes the multiplex subsample transmission signal. SOLUTION: A multiplexer 18 and a threshold logic 2 perform the control to increase the magnification of the edge detection signal sent from a detection circuit 16 to increase the edge effect against a large noise in response to its level and then to reduce the magnification against a smart noise respectively. As a result, the C/N is reduced even in a nonlinear emphasis mode and the movement area signal is suppressed even through some output of a frame difference absolute value circuit is generated by the noise remaining at an edge part. Thus the malfunction is eliminated when a movement area is detected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a decoder for multiple sub-sampled transmission signals, and adaptively changes the reception characteristics according to the magnitude of transmission line noise to obtain the best possible image quality. It is what

[0002]

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE The present invention is a decoder for multi-subsampled transmission signals, in the presence of channel noise,
(1) The noise level is detected, and (2) the motion detection characteristic is changed according to the noise level.

[0003] The present invention can be applied essentially to a multiplex sub-sampling transmission system and a transmission system that does not include aliasing components between frames in a low band of a transmission signal as described later. Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the expression “multiplex sub-sample transmission method (or signal)” includes both methods.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art Although there is no related art related to the present invention, the present invention is a specific one directly related to a broadcasting system, and an apparatus utilizing the fact that random noise has no interframe correlation. Is common as seen in noise reducers and the like.

[0005] One of the methods for band-compressing a television signal is a multiplex sub-sampling transmission method using offset sub-sampling between frames and between fields, for example, a current method called MUSE (Multiple Sub-Nyquist Sampling Encoding). There is a high-definition television signal multiplex sub-sample transmission system, and band compression is effectively realized.
The details are described, for example, in "IEICE Technical Report IE84-72".

Further, motion detection is performed using a complete one-frame difference signal, thereby simplifying the structure of the receiver and considerably improving the image quality. A multiple sub-sampling transmission method that does not include a signal has also been proposed (see Japanese Patent Application No. 60-106132).

[0007]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] When high-definition broadcasting is performed by using a transmission method that does not include aliasing components between frames in the low band of the transmission signal, the required C / N may not always be obtained. It is desirable to be able to receive with a good image quality even when it is lower than the ideal C / N.

As a method of obtaining good image quality at a low C / N, it is effective to perform noise reduction. Here, noise reduction refers to a transmission signal on which noise is superimposed. "When adding the non-delayed signal and the integer frame delay signal, an image signal having a large frame correlation becomes an amplitude addition, This is a method of improving the S / N of a transmission signal by adding the input and output signals of a frame delay line, utilizing the phenomenon that noise is power addition and the noise amplitude relative to an image signal is relatively reduced.

FIG. 4 shows the basic configuration of the noise reduction circuit.

If the input image signal amplitude is S ₁ , the noise amplitude (effective value) is N ₁ , the output image signal amplitude is S ₂ , and the noise amplitude (effective value) is N ₂ ,

[0011]

[Equation 1]

That is, the S / N improvement amount can be controlled by α. However, when noise reduction is performed, the S / N is improved, but the image quality is somewhat deteriorated. That is, a noise reduction system optimized for a given input S / N will obviously improve the image quality for that S / N image, but for a better input S / N signal, In some cases, there is no noise to be improved, but the image quality may be deteriorated. Therefore, it is desirable that this point be solved.

The parallel with this also applies to the detection of a moving area. That is, when the input S / N is good, the higher the sensitivity of the moving area detection is preferable in terms of image quality without mistaking the moving object as a stationary object. Mistake for body. In the case of flat noise, this is not a problem, and the S / N ratio that causes this error can be balanced because the image quality is originally low. However, when non-linear emphasis is used as in satellite broadcasting, noise remains only in the vicinity of the edge, so that even at a seemingly good S / N, moving area detection malfunctions and poses a problem.

The present invention aims to solve the above points.

[0015]

According to the present invention, an inter-sample difference detecting means for detecting an inter-sample difference of a multiple sub-sample transmission signal, and an inter-sample difference of the transmission signal based on a detection output of the inter-sample difference detecting means. An inter-frame difference detecting means for detecting an inter-frame difference of the difference, an absolute value means for outputting an absolute value of a detection output of the inter-frame difference detecting means, and a field or frame cycle driven clock, A temporal filter that removes fluctuation components in the time axis direction from the output and outputs as a noise level detection signal, and a noise level detection signal output from the temporal filter so as to suppress the sensitivity of moving region detection at higher noise levels And a means for switching the sensitivity of the moving area detection of the transmission signal according to the level of .

[0016]

FIG. 1 shows an example of specific noise detection and noise reduction control according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an absolute value circuit, 2 is a threshold logic, 3 is a temporal filter,
4, 5, 6 and 7 are D-type flip-flops, 8, 9 and 10 are subtractors, 11 is an adder, 12 is a multiplier of multiplier α, 13
Is a frame memory.

The input signal uses the multiplexed sub-sample transmission signal itself. First, the difference of one clock of the clock CK1 (16 MHz) of the flip-flop 4 is obtained by the subtractor 8, and then this is fixed in the flip-flop 5 by an appropriate timing clock (CK2). This clock CK2 is one clock per frame which rises, for example, in the middle of the clamp line or in the flat part in the first half of the frame line.

Then, using the clock (CK2), the inter-frame difference is obtained by the flip-flop 6 and the subtractor 9.
An absolute value is obtained by the circuit 1, and a low-pass temporal filter 3 that suppresses fluctuation components in the time axis direction is applied to obtain a signal having a level corresponding to the noise level.

In actual control, for example, a noise reduction degree of about four steps is prepared by a stepped threshold logic (actually, ROM) Th, and a multiplier α of the multiplier shown in FIG. 4 is controlled by Th. For example, when the S / N is very good (that is, when the detected level is low), α =
No noise reduction is applied at all as 0, and strong noise reduction is applied in order by approaching α to 1 according to the level.

In the example of FIG. 1, when the clamp line is used, if it is left as it is, only one data can be used in one frame, which is a loss. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, data of each field is used. This will double the speed of detection. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 19 denotes an added D-type flip-flop, and others are the same as those in FIG.

The clock CK2 at this time is a clock which rises on the clamp lines of both fields.

Although FIGS. 1 and 2 show hard-wired logic, this part has a cycle of at most 60 Hz (FIG. 1).
Operates at 30 Hz), so that a single microprocessor of, for example, about 4 to 8 bits can realize sufficient functions.

Next, regarding the control of the moving area detection sensitivity, the moving area detection does not simply take the inter-frame difference, but also divides the absolute value of the inter-frame difference by the edge. The system shown in FIG. 3 is used.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 13 denotes a frame memory;
Is a low-pass filter, 15 is a frame (inter-frame) difference absolute value circuit, 16 is an edge detection circuit, 17 is a divider, and 18 is a multiplier. 2 is a threshold logic.

In such a control system for moving area detection sensitivity, the magnification of the edge detection signal from the detection circuit 16 is increased in accordance with the noise level so that the edge works when the noise is large, and the noise is small. If control is performed by the multiplier 18 and the threshold logic 2 so as to sometimes reduce the size, even in the case of non-linear emphasis, the C / N decreases and noise remains at the edge, and the output of the frame difference absolute value circuit is output. Does occur, the motion area signal is suppressed and the motion area detection does not need to malfunction.

In the actual circuit, the processing within the dotted line in FIG. 3 is performed collectively by a table-looking logic such as a ROM, so that control is performed by replacing the table. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, it is somewhat difficult to consider functionally differently, but this is in principle the same.

Although FIG. 3 shows one frame detection as an example, the same applies to two frame detection.

[0029]

According to the present invention, the image quality of the image received by the decoder / receiver for a multi-subsample transmission signal can be maintained at its best even if the transmission line S / N is lowered. In addition, since most of the circuits including the temporal filter operate at a low operation speed, that is, with a clock having a field or frame period, the circuit scale can be extremely reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an example of specific noise detection and noise reduction control according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system diagram showing an example in which a part of the configuration of FIG. 1 is changed.

FIG. 3 is a system diagram showing an example in the case of moving area detection according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a principle configuration of a noise reduction circuit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Absolute Value Circuit 2 Threshold Logic 4, 5, 6, 7 D-type Flip-Flop 8, 9, 10 Difference Calculator 11 Adder 12 Multiplier

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An inter-sample difference detecting means for detecting an inter-sample difference of a multiplexed sub-sample transmission signal, and an inter-frame difference of the inter-sample difference of the transmission signal is detected based on a detection output of the inter-sample difference detecting means. Inter-frame difference detection means, absolute value means for outputting the absolute value of the detection output of the inter-frame difference detection means, and driven by a field or frame cycle clock,
A temporal filter that removes a fluctuation component in the time axis direction from the output of the absolute value means and outputs the result as a noise level detection signal; and a temporal filter that is output from the temporal filter so as to suppress the sensitivity of moving area detection as the noise level increases. Means for switching the sensitivity of detecting the moving region of the transmission signal in accordance with the level of the noise level detection signal. 2. The multiplex sub-sample transmission signal decoder according to claim 1, wherein the sensitivity switching means switches edge dependence of sensitivity of motion area detection of the transmission signal. Decoder for subsampled transmission signal.