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Video down-conversion

US5822009A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 1996
Grant dateOct 13, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/82
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Video down-conversion apparatus in which lines of successive output video field are interpolated from lines of respective input video fields, the apparatus being selectively operable to interpolate each output field from an input field of either field polarity so that the successive output video fields can maintain a regular odd-even field polarity sequence even if there is a discontinuity in the field polarity sequence of the input video fields.

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