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Process for interpolating progressive frames

US5995154A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 1996
Grant dateNov 30, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/80
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A process for converting interlaced frames into progressive frames comprising a change of frame frequency by interpolation and motion compensation, wherein when a motion vector associated with a pixel to be interpolated is non-zero or when the motion vector is zero but the confidence accorded to this vector is less than a given threshold, the interpolation of the pixel of a frame situated temporally between two input frames is carried out by a median filtering pertaining to the values obtained by a first motion compensated linear temporal filter, a second motion compensated linear filter, and a motion compensated median temporal filter.

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