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De-interlacing apparatus and method and moving caption compensator

US8294819B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 9, 2009
Grant dateOct 23, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/145
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A de-interlacing method includes the following steps. A de-interlacing pixel datum of a target pixel is obtained according to a current field and multiple correlated fields. A caption region of the current field is defined according to the fields, and a region motion vector and a region confidence are correspondingly obtained. When the target pixel belongs to the caption region, a compensation pixel datum of the target pixel is obtained by motion compensation according to at least a part of the fields and the region motion vector, and the target pixel is judged as a foreground pixel or a background pixel to output a compensation select signal according to the region motion vector and the region confidence. The de-interlacing pixel datum or the compensation pixel datum is outputted as a correlated pixel datum of the target pixel according to the compensation select signal.

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