Let It Wave Demonstrates Breakthrough Super-Resolution Bandlet Technology for HDTV Up-Conversion and Frame Rate Conversion.PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- Let It Wave demonstrates at the 2007 International CES in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. breakthrough HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates up-conversion building on its patented super-resolution bandlet algorithm. Developed initially for broadcast equipment manufacturers, Let It Wave now brings an unprecedented picture quality to flat display applications. Let It Wave's technology creates amazingly sharp HD images from SD video sources--today's format of most available content. At CES 2007, Let It Wave also introduces its advanced frame rate converter, which smartly computes HDTV intermediate frames and eliminates motion blur and flickers while removing film judder A shaking or wobbling effect in a video image. See flicker. , an essential requirement for new 100 and 120Hz LCD and Plasma displays. Let It Wave's super-resolution bandlet is a patented technology resulting from 10 years of research in the most advanced applied mathematics laboratories in France and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . "Spatio-temporal geometric bandlet representations provide a totally new approach that yields outstanding video images," explains Professor Stephane Mallat, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Let It Wave. "We are offering this unprecedented video quality for HDTV products at a very competitive price." The full space-time processing of Let It Wave technology restores details hidden in the original SD material and produces no "flicker" and no "jaggy" artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. , a typical issue resulting from today's most advanced technologies like motion adaptive and even motion compensative. It also avoids introducing blurring and shadow artifacts produced by competitive frame rate converters. Comparison benchmarks performed by market makers confirm that Let It Wave's display controller provides a far better HDTV viewing experience, achieving the level of picture quality the industry has been seeking. "The amazing images produced by the Let It Wave up-conversion process are reaching the ultimate quality point," says Yves Faroudja, founder of Faroudja Laboratories and pioneer of up-conversion technology. Let It Wave's up-converter highly robust and automatically processes all content types. A prototype of this new and innovative technology based on a single Altera([R]) FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. will be presented and demonstrated at CES 2007. "Let It Wave's award-winning HDTV up-converter combined with breakthrough frame rate conversion clearly demonstrates how Altera programmable logic See PLD. enables new technologies at consumer price points," said Tim Colleran, Altera vice president of the consumer, automotive and broadcast business group. "By optimizing their video processing technology for flat display applications, Let It Wave helps enhance the viewing experience to the full visual potential of HDTV." Let It Wave's display controller features an all-format HDTV converter (up, down and cross) including super-resolution de-interlacing and scaling, together with spatio-temporal bandlet noise removal for picture enhancement. It also supports frame-rate conversion up to 120 Hz for advanced flat displays. Let It Wave's product, to be produced in volume on Altera's low-cost Cyclone([R]) series FPGAs, will provide flat display OEMs with an exceptional conversion performance, price and flexibility advantage. For more information about Let It Wave and its products, visit our website at www.letitwave.com and see live demonstrations at our CES 2007 booth, South Hall 2-26537. About LET IT WAVE Let It Wave is an image processing company whose patented bandlet algorithms deliver breakthrough image and video processing capabilities. Let It Wave has raised several million Euros in venture capital to develop and commercialize FPGA and ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. products that incorporate its super-resolution bandlet technology. Let It Wave provides high-quality SD to HDTV up-conversion and frame-rate conversion capabilities, for broadcast, post and consumer electronics manufacturers. |
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