pre-distortion

A form of predistortion — Distortion prior to some other process.

Meanings

nounpre-distortion (countable and uncountable, plural pre-distortions)

plural pre-distortions

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of predistortion.

    Dynamic image pre-distortions and display adaptations—with help from an eye tracker—could provide for proper perspective and focus.

    2011, Rolf R. Hainich, Oliver Bimber, “Additional Requirements”, in Displays: Fundamentals & Applications, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, chapter 10 (Near-Eye Displays), section 6 (Optical Design), page 454
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    Smale [14] following the work of Akagi [3] and others has investigated reversing the order of the shunt and series elements so that the series element compensates for any pre-distortions in the network voltage and the shunt element is used to compensate for any nonactive current drawn by the load.

    1999, N. Jenkins, “Dynamic voltage restorer (DVR)”, in Yong Hua Song, Allan T Johns, editors, Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) (IEE Power and Energy Series; 30), London: Institution of Electrical Engineers, →ISBN, chapter 14 (Application of power electronics to the distribution system), section 2 (Improvement of customer power quality), page 561

    Holzbach (1986) adapted similar principles to perspective computer-generated imagery produced with a standard camera model, and then post-processed to produce the pre-distortions necessary to create an undistorted holographic image.

    2008, Michael Klug, Mark Holzbach, “One-Step Approaches”, in Stephen A[nthony] Benton; V. Michael Bove, Jr., Holographic Imaging, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, →ISBN, chapter 20 (Holographic Stereograms and Printing), page 236
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