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Timing and control for deinterlacing and enhancement of non-deterministically arriving interlaced video data

US6034733A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1998
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/0261
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video deinterlacing system receives interlaced video data at a non-deterministic rate and generates non-interlaced data as a function of the interlaced video data. The system includes processing units, some of which require clocking rates that differ from clocking rates required by other processing units. A timing generator responds to a base clock and to a data valid signal, that indicates arrival of a portion of the interlaced video data, to cause generation of a plurality of enable signals. Each of the enable signals operate to enable a corresponding one of the clocking rates required by the processing units. Video capture can be performed by causing capture of video frames that meet or exceed a specified quality level. The quality of the captured, still image, video can be improved by disabling certain enhancement functions performed to improve moving video images.

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