Colorimetric characteristics of analog television systems
Colorimetric characteristics of analog television systems are presented in Table 3.1, in which it is marked:
– relative luminance levels of -components;
– gamma-corrected -signals relative levels ( );
– luminance signal;
– color-difference signals of the PAL system;
– color-difference signals of the SECAM system.
3.4 Colorimetric characteristics of digital television systems
Colorimetric characteristics of standard definition and high definition digital television systems are presented in Table 3.2, where:
– relative luminance levels of -image components;
– gamma-corrected -signals relative levels ( );
, , , – color-difference signals, normalized to the interval .
In Recommendation ITU-R BT.601 [3.4] for digital SDTV systems 8 bit and 10 bit coded representation is used and decimal values of the quantized signals are:
‒ for gamma-corrected signals:
(3.6)
(3.7)
(3.8)
TABLE 3.1 Analogue television systems colorimetric characteristics
System
Primaries and reference white chromaticity coordinates
Opto-electronic and electro-optic conversion characteristics
Coding equation
NTSC (SMPTE 170M [3.2], ITU-R BT.1700 [3.3], Part 1)
Primaries and reference white chromaticity coordinates
Opto-electronic and electro–optic conversion characteristics
Coding equation
HDTV with square active pixels (ITU-R BT.709 [3.6], Part 2
Opto-electronic conversion:
x
y
Red
0.640
0.330
Green
0.300
0.600
Blue
0.150
0.060
White D65
0.3127
0.3290
720p (ITU-R BT.1543 [3.7], ITU-R BT.1847 [3.8])
Opto-electronic conversion:
x
y
Red
0.640
0.330
Green
0.300
0.600
Blue
0.150
0.060
White D65
0.3127
0.3290
Unified colorimetry (ITU-R BT.1361 [3.9])
Opto-electronic conversion:
Note. Conversion for corresponds to systems with extended color gamut.
x
y
Red
0.640
0.330
Green
0.300
0.600
Blue
0.150
0.060
White D65
0.3127
0.3290
‒ for luminance and colour difference signals:
(3.9)
(3.10)
(3.11)
where D takes either the value 1 or 4, corresponding to 8 bit and 10 bit quantization respectively. The operator int ( ) returns the value of 0 for fractional parts in the range of 0 to 0.4999 … and +1 for fractional parts in the range 0.5 to 0.999 ..., i.e. it rounds up fractions above 0.5.
Equations for derivation quantized luminance and color-difference signals via quantized gamma-corrected signals are
(3.12)
(3.13)
(3.14)
where k′ and m denote the integer coefficients and the bit-lengths of the integer coefficients, respectively k′ coefficients are presented in Table 3.3.
TABLE 3.3 Optimized integer coefficients for SDTV systems (Recommendation ITU-R BT.601)
Coeff. Bits
Denominator
Luminance Y
Color-difference CR
Color-difference CB
m
k’Y1
k’Y2
k’Y3
k’CR1
k’CR2
k’CR3
k’CB1
k’CB2
k’CB3
-110
-21
-44
-87
-219
-43
-88
-174
-439
-85
-177
-347
-877
-170
-353
-694
-1754
-341
-707
-1388
-3508
-681
-1414
-2776
-7016
-1363
-2828
-5551
-14033
-2725
-5655
-11103
-28066
-5450
-11311
-22205
The same digital coding in Recommendation ITU-R BT.1358 [3.5] is defined for SDTV systems with progressive scanning.
In Recommendations ITU-R BT.709 [3.6], ITU-R BT.1543 [3.7] and ITU-R BT.1847 [3.8] for digital HDTV systems 8 bit and 10 bit coded representation is used and decimal values of the quantized signals are:
‒ for gamma-corrected signals:
(3.15)
(3.16)
(3.17)
‒ for luminance and colour difference signals:
(3.18)
(3.19)
(3.20)
where n denotes the number of the bit length of the quantized signal.
Derivation of luminance and colour-difference signals via quantized RGB signals is realised using equations:
(3.21)
(3.22)
(3.23)
Colorimetric parameters and related characteristics to be used for future television and imaging systems with conventional and extended (based on use negative values of signals) colorimetry compatible with Recommendation ITU-R BT.709 [3.6] are specified in Recommendation ITU-R BT.1361 [3.9]. In Table 3.4 equations for quantization of RGB luma and chroma signals and equations for derivation of luma and chroma signals via quantized RGB signals are presented. In the following, m and n denote the bit-lengths of the integer coefficients and digital signals, respectively.
In the case of derivation of luminance and color-difference signals via quantized RGB signals digital luminance and color-difference signals may take slightly different values depending on the signal processing sequence, i.e. the discrepancy between signals quantized after analogue matrixing and signals digitally matrixed after quantization of RGB signals.
In Recommendation ITU-R BT.1361 [3.9] following equations with optimized coefficients are derived: