Patents Assigned to Koninklijke Philipse Electronics N.V.
  • Publication number: 20030123549
    Abstract: In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method of and system for improving temporal consistency of an enhanced signal representative of at least one frame using a sharpness enhancement algorithm with an enhancement gain are provided. The method comprises the steps of: receiving the enhanced signal comprising at least one frame, obtaining an enhancement gain for each pixel in the frame, retrieving an enhancement gain value of each pixel in a reference frame from a gain memory using motion vectors, identifying if the frame is an I, P or B frame type and determining an updated enhancement gain for an I frame type by calculating a gain map for use in the sharpness enhancement algorithm. The updated enhancement gain of each pixel is equal to enhancement gain previously determined for use in the sharpness enhancement algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philipse Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Yibin Yang, Lilla Boroczky, Johan Janssen