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Circuit to separate and combine color space component data of a video image

US5835729A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 1996
Grant dateNov 10, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/78
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and arrangement for separating interleaved luminance and chrominance color space components data in a single data stream with minimum CPU intervention is provided. In the separating circuit, the separating circuit receives as input a series of graphics/video image data composed of interleaved luminance and chrominance color space components at successive clock cycles. The separating circuit directs selected bytes of the graphics/video image data representing the luminance color space component to a first path wherein luminance component data received at two successive clock cycles are combined. Likewise, selected bytes of the graphics/video image data representing the chrominance color space component are directed to a second path wherein chrominance component data received at two successive clock cycles are combined. Then, the combined luminance and chrominance component data are output alternately. Conversely, a method and arrangement for interleaving luminance and chrominance color space components data in stored separately into a single data stream is also provided.

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