Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for efficiently composing multiple images into one stereoscopic image comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a first image of said multiple images; (b) blending said first image with a mask, using a pixel base blender, for producing a first blended image; (c) receiving a second image of said multiple images; and (d) blending said second image with said first blended image, using a pixel base blender, for composing said stereoscopic image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for panoramically interpolating a video from a first aspect ratio to a second aspect ratio comprising the steps of: (a) receiving at least one frame; (b) tracking said frame horizontally or vertically pixel line by pixel line; (c) computing the average luminance value of each of said pixel lines; (d) comparing each said average luminance value to a set threshold for finding the superfluous lines; (e) trimming said frame by deleting said superfluous lines; (f) calculating the required curve for the panoramic scaling of said trimmed frame; and (g) interpolating said trimmed frame into a panoramic display based on said calculations.

Abstract: A method for estimating image-to-image motion of a pixel block in a stream of images which includes a current image which includes the pixel block and a reference image, the method including performing a hierarchical search in a search area of the reference image, including producing a decimated reference image and a decimated pixel block, searching for a location in the search area of the decimated reference image which best fits the decimated pixel block, repeating the producing and the searching for more than one level of hierarchy, determining a first candidate location in the reference image which corresponds to the best fitting location, determining a second candidate location in the reference image by a method other than the hierarchical search, performing a search in the reference image for refined locations of the first and the second candidate locations, selecting one final location from the refined candidate locations, and using the final location for estimating the motion.

Abstract: Video format transformation apparatus including a field/frame assessment module, for associating a field/frame value with a specific pixel. A first value is associated with the specific pixel based on a first function of a group of pixels in proximity to the specific pixel, the group of pixels being in a video frame which includes the specific pixel. A second value is associated with the specific pixel based on a first result and a second result. The first result is of a second function of a second group of pixels, including pixels of an even parity video field within the video frame. The second result is of the second function of a third group of pixels, including pixels of an odd parity video field within the video frame. The field/frame value is associated with the specific pixel based on a third function of the first value and the second value.