Let It Wave Introduces Breakthrough Super-Resolution Bandlet Technology for HDTV Upconversion.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 announces a 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 upconverter that incorporates patented super-resolution bandlet algorithms in an 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. . Developed for post-production, broadcast and consumer product manufacturers, Let It Wave's technology creates amazingly sharp HD images from SD video content, restoring details hidden in the original SD source material. Let It Wave's upconversion produces no "flicker" nor "jaggy" artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. , unlike the results achieved with previous state of the art motion adaptive and motion compensation technologies. 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. "Spatio-temporal geometric bandlet representations provide a totally new approach that yields outstanding video images" explains Professor 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 upconversion at a very competitive price." Comparison benchmarks performed by broadcasters and equipment manufacturers confirm that Let It Wave's upconverter provides far better HDTV video, achieving a level of quality the industry has been seeking. "The amazing images produced by the Let It Wave upconversion process are reaching the ultimate quality point", says Yves Faroudja inventor of the DCDi upconversion chip. Let It Wave's upconverter is highly robust, able to process all content types, including sports, crawling text, features, and off speed video, e.g. slow motion. A prototype implemented on an FPGA from Altera, will be presented at NAB2006. This prototype includes upconversion from SD to HD with super-resolution deinterlacing and scaling, down and cross conversion, and spatio-temporal bandlet noise removal and enhancement. It also supports frame synchronizing, audio, widescreen signaling, aspect-ratio control, teletext teletext: see videotex. A broadcasting service that transmits text to a TV set that has a teletext decoder. It uses the vertical blanking interval of the TV signal (black line between frames when vertical hold is not adjusted) to transmit about a hundred , and closed-captions. A product version of Let It Wave's prototpye is available for OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and applications, to provide exceptional conversion capabilities between SD and HD in broadcast, post and high-end consumer equipment. For more information about Let It Wave and its products, visit our website at www.letitwave.com and see live demonstrations at our NAB 2006 booth, C11028. 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's technology and products are used for satellite image enhancement See image editing. , for infra-red military imaging, in seismic image processing for oil exploration and for medical video processing. Let It Wave also developed a bandlet image compression product for biometric information, winning the 2005 European Grand IST prize for "most groundbreaking product, among 16 European countries" in doing so. 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 upconversion capabilities, for broadcast, post and consumer electronics manufacturers. |
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