1.1             SIGNALS

 

  

          The signals we consider are discrete-space signals. A 2-D discrete-space signal (sequence) will be denoted by a function whose two arguments are integers. For example;      x(n1,n2) represents a sequence (digital signal) which is defined for all integer values of   n1  and     n2 . Note that x(n1,n2) for non-integer  n1 and n2 are not zero, but is undefined. The notation x(n1,n2) may refer either to the discrete-space function x or to the value of the x at a specific (n1,n2).

 

        An example of 2-D sequence x(n1,n2) is sketched in Figure 1.1 . In the figure, the height at (n1,n2) represents the amplitude at (n1,n2) . An alternative way to sketch the 2-D sequence in Figure 1.1 is shown in Figure 1.2 . In this figure  open cicles representsamplitudes of 0 and filled-in circles represent non-zero amplitudes, with the values in parentheses representing the amplitudes . For example ;      x(3,0) is 0 and x(1,1) is 2 , x(-1,0) is 2,      x(-1,-2)is      1.

  

  

Figure 1.1 : 2-D sequence (digital signal) x(n1,n2)

 

 

 

Figure 1.2 : Alternative way to sketch the 2-D sequence in Figure 1.1. Open circles represent amplitudes of zero, and filled-in circles represent non-zero amplitudes, with values in parentheses representing the amplitude.

  

  

  

  

  

  

Figure 1.3 : Sequence in Figure 1.2 sketched with some simplification. Open circles have been eliminated  and filled-in circles with amplitude of 1 have no amplitude specifications.