With its emphasis on optimisation of the video signal, Pioneer has demonstrated the latest slice of its picture processing wizardry, codenamed 'Fuga'.

A primary element of 'Fuga' has been designed to counteract the loss of detail due to a lack of smoothness in the incoming video signal. Tatsuya Sugimoto, part of Pioneer’s Display Product Planning Division, stated: "Our new technology has been designed to massively improve the smoothness of lower-quality video. While high-grade images pass through the circuit untouched, low-grade video is significantly enhanced". 

Next up fot the 'Fuga' treatment is colour. With the aim of enhancing detail, the technology can isolate and optimize the saturation of individual elements of colour within the current scene.

Designed to eliminate film judder, 'Fuga' employs much more precise algorithms to improve the vector positioning and transition of individual frames.

As if this wasn't enough, Pioneer have also been working on 'Depth of Field' enhancement as part of the 'Fuga' project. Fuga continually analyses on screen action and estimates the perceived depth of all these on screen elements. With a reduction of focus, 'Kuro' judges which elements should be given prominence in the current scene.

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