Changing Number Of Fields For Standard Conversion Patents (Class 348/459)
  • Patent number: 11272121
    Abstract: A two-dimensional flicker measurement device includes: a two-dimensional imaging device having a partial reading function for reading a part of an imaging region; a setting unit that sets a plurality of parts, which correspond to partial regions each of which includes two or more of measurement regions, in the imaging region; a control unit that acquires a photometric quantity of each of the plurality of partial regions corresponding to the plurality of parts by causing the two-dimensional imaging device to image the measurement target multiple times using the partial reading function with the number of set parts as the number of times of imaging; and a calculation unit that executes processing, which is for calculating flicker amounts of the two or more measurement regions included in the partial region based on the acquired photometric quantity of the partial region, for each of the plurality of partial regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 11055806
    Abstract: A method and system for directing image rendering, implemented in a computer system including a plurality of processors includes determining one or more processors in the system on which to execute one or more commands. A graphics processing unit (GPU) control application program interface (API) determines one or more processors in the system on which to execute one or more commands. A signal is transmitted to each of the one or more processors indicating which of the one or more commands are to be executed by that processor. The one or more processors execute their respective command. A request is transmitted to each of the one or more processors to transfer information to one another once processing is complete, and an image is rendered based upon the processed information by at least one processor and the received transferred information from at least another processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Grebe, Jonathan Lawrence Campbell, Layla A. Mah
  • Patent number: 11004178
    Abstract: Users often desire to capture certain images from an application. For example, gamers can capture displayed images from a game to show they obtained a skill level within the game or simply to capture a particular scene within the game. Existing methods of capturing images can result in low-resolution images due to limitations of the display device providing the images. This disclosure provides a method of capturing higher resolution images from source images. Techniques are also disclosed to reduce the storage size associated with the higher resolution images. Through capturing low-resolution versions of the same source images, image effects can be captured and applied to the higher resolution images where those image effects may be altered or missing. Frequency spectrum combination can be used to combine the low-resolution image data and the higher resolution image data. The higher resolution images can be processed using a segmentation scheme, such as tiling, without reducing or limiting the image effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Andrey Voroshilov, Halldor Fannar, Dmitry Duka
  • Patent number: 10951915
    Abstract: High frame rate moving image data is satisfactorily transmitted. Mixing processing is performed in units of two temporally consecutive pictures in predetermined frame rate image data, and base frame rate image data is obtained. Image data of one picture in units of the two temporally consecutive pictures is extracted, and high frame rate enhanced frame image data is obtained. Prediction encoding processing of base frame rate image data is performed to the base frame rate image data, and a base stream is obtained. Prediction encoding processing with respect to the base frame rate image data is performed to the high frame rate enhanced frame image data, and an enhanced stream is obtained. A predetermined format container is transmitted including the base stream and the enhanced stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 10880514
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method for transmitting image data and an intelligent TV set. The method includes transmitting, by a primary chip, image data to a second chip. The image data comprises pixel data including a pixel type for indicating that a pixel in the image to be displayed is a menu On-Screen Display (OSD) pixel or a video pixel. The method includes receiving, by the second chip, the image data, and determining the pixel type in the image data. The method further includes performing, by the second chip, a Motion Estimate and Motion Compensation (MEMC) function on the pixel in response to the pixel type being the video pixel, and not performing the MEMC function on the pixel in response to the pixel type of the pixel being the menu OSD pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junsong Wang, Zhikui Wang
  • Patent number: 10778995
    Abstract: A normal frame rate of image data and a high frame rate of image data are favorably transported. A base stream including, as an access unit, encoded image data per picture in a base frame rate of image data acquired by performing blending processing in units of temporally successive two pictures in the high frame rate of image data, is acquired and additionally an enhanced stream including, as an access unit, encoded image data per picture in the high frame rate of image data, is acquired. A container in a predetermined format is transmitted, the container including the base stream and the enhanced stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 10027909
    Abstract: An imaging device 10 according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a subject distance acquisition section 115; a movement amount acquisition section 120 that acquires an amount of movement of the subject on the basis of the subject distance; a restoration processing determination section 125 that determines, on the basis of the amount of movement acquired by the movement amount acquisition section 120, whether the restoration processing should be performed on the images through a restoration filter, a restoration strength of the restoration processing should be adjusted and the restoration processing should be performed on the images, or the restoration processing should not be performed on the images; and a restoration processing execution section 105 that performs the restoration processing on the images through the restoration filter or with the adjusted restoration strength, on the basis of the determination of the restoration processing determination section 125.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenkichi Hayashi, Masahiko Sugimoto, Yousuke Naruse, Kosuke Irie
  • Patent number: 9742965
    Abstract: Systems and methods are operable to correct synchronization between a video stream and an audio stream presented to a user. An exemplary embodiment receives a synchronization correction instruction, wherein the synchronization correction is configured to be initiated by the user; and incrementally adjusts one of the video stream and the audio stream by a synchronization correction, wherein the synchronization correction advances or retards presentation of at least one of the video stream and the audio stream by a predefined duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: EchoStar Broadcasting Holding Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin Yao
  • Patent number: 9653045
    Abstract: To prevent tearing in a case where image data is compressed to be written into a frame memory, the present invention includes (i) a compression section (33) for compressing image data for a single frame, the image data being transferred from a host processor (2), and writing the image data into a frame memory (31), (ii) an expansion section for reading image data, expanding the image data, and transferring the image data to an LCD (4), and (iii) a delay control section (32) for, until an inhibit time period Ts passes after the start of reading image data for a first frame, inhibiting the start of writing image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Junki Asai
  • Patent number: 9626994
    Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes generating track following controller state information based on a positional signal of a head relative to a medium. One or more portions of the state information corresponding to particular frequencies are used to determine at least one of: lateral tape movement, tape skew, vibration operation conditions, and roller performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nhan X. Bui, Angeliki Pantazi, Tomoko Taketomi
  • Patent number: 9627005
    Abstract: In a video processing apparatus, an input processing unit inputs a video frame, a first video processing unit performs image processing on the input video frame, and an output processing unit outputs the image processed video frame to display it. Further, a control unit in the video processing apparatus controls the image processing so that a video frame subjected to freeze display in response to an input of a pause instruction to the video processing apparatus is displayed in the high image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazunori Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 9496001
    Abstract: A frame memory of a video processing apparatus stores video frames that are respectively compressed based on compression parameters. A video output unit outputs video data based on the video frames stored in the frame memory so that the video data is displayed. A freeze frame determination unit of the video processing apparatus determines a video frame to be freeze displayed in response to an input of a freeze command for freezing the displayed video, based on the compression parameters of the video frames stored in the frame memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Daisuke Kuroki
  • Patent number: 9380216
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus and its control method for capturing a moving image. Plural movie capturing modes with different control parameters are set in accordance with an instruction from a user. One of selectable frame rates is selected in accordance with video output setting by the user. Moving image frames are generated based on the selected frame rate and a control parameter corresponding to the frame rate, and recorded as a moving image on a recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Morino
  • Patent number: 9351023
    Abstract: Various arrangements are described for skipping portions of content, such as commercials, from a broadcast television program. The programming content is presented at a reduced presentation rate with the broadcast content being buffered as received. The reduced presentation rate may be less than a broadcast rate at which the content was originally intended to be output for presentation. One or more undesired portions of content may be skipped due to the reduced presentation rate. Commercials may be tagged by a television service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventors: David Kummer, Henry Gregg Martch
  • Patent number: 9253458
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display device using the DLP (Digital Light Processing) technology. This invention is in the field of digital cinema and content protection, where camcorder acquisition followed by immediate illegal distribution creates important revenue losses for content owners. According to the invention, the addressing of the display device is modified in order to introduce an anti-copy processing. The display device comprises modulation means for modulating the color or brightness of video data of video pictures received at a first rate and for outputting at a second rate modulated video data, said second rate being a multiple of the first rate, subfield coding means for coding said modulated video data into subfield data, said subfield data being delivered at the second rate, and addressing means for addressing the array with said subfield data at a third rate. Advantageously, the third rate is not a multiple of the first rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Didier Doyen, Pascal Bourdon, Thierry Borel
  • Patent number: 9219868
    Abstract: An image processing method executed in an image processing device, the image processing method including a to-be-updated pixel selection unit deciding, in response to a cyclic period serving as a frame period of a bright and dark stripe pattern of image frames configuring a moving image content, a group division form of constituent pixels of the image frames, dividing the constituent pixels of the image frames into a plurality of groups in accordance with the decided group division form, and generating, from each of the image frames, to-be-updated pixel information setting pixels of a specific group as to-be-updated pixels, and an output control signal generation unit selectively outputting, in accordance with the to-be-updated pixel information, to-be-updated pixels belonging to a specific group from each of the image frames, and generating an output control signal for causing pixels of a display image to be updated in units of groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaro Honda
  • Patent number: 9094561
    Abstract: An apparatus has a motion vector estimation module to perform motion vector estimation on a current frame and on a previous frame of image data to produce a current phase and a previous phase, a motion vector generation module to generate motion vector fields for the current and previous phases, and a motion vector interpolation module to find interpolated motion vectors for an interpolated phase that have minimal differences between motion vectors in the current and previous motion vector fields and to product interpolated motion vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: PIXELWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Guohua Cheng, Neil D. Woodall, Bob Zhang, Xiaojie Sheng
  • Patent number: 8982277
    Abstract: A system and method for video processing is provided. The system and method process a video stream having a first resolution video frame, the first resolution video frame comprising a plurality of second resolution video frames. The second resolution video frames may be used to generate a second video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Wade Keith Wan, Darren Duane Neuman, Jason William Herrick
  • Publication number: 20150062427
    Abstract: A video frame rate converter has a temporal synchronisation analyser for dividing the input video sequence into successive groups of frames each of Nin consecutive frames and a motion analyser for analysing motion over the frames of each group to provide a group motion measure. The inverter includes both an interpolator for performing interpolation on a group of Nin input frames to provide Nout output frames, where Nin is different from Nout; and a synchroniser for deleting or repeating an identified frame from the group of Nin input frames to provide Nout output frames. A switcher then switches group-by-group in dependence upon the group motion measure between the interpolator and the synchroniser to form an output video sequence having an output frame rate different from the input frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: RodericK MacKenzie Thomson, Bruce Devlin, Timothy Ian Shuttleworth
  • Patent number: 8964843
    Abstract: An image processing method includes: a frame selection step for selecting a base frame and a reference frame; an image displacement amount calculation step for calculating an image displacement amount between the reference frame and the base frame; a weighting coefficient generation step for generating a weighting coefficient using at least one of an encoding type of the reference frame and the motion information of the encoded moving image data; and an image quality improvement step for improving an image quality of the base frame using the image displacement amount calculated in the image displacement amount calculation step and the weighting coefficient generated in the weighting coefficient generation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Eiji Furukawa, Masatoshi Okutomi, Masayuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8965135
    Abstract: A system for cadence break detection is provided. The system includes a field system receiving a plurality of fields of image data. A threshold system generates a cadence break signal if a difference in two fields exceeds a predetermined threshold. A sequence system generates the cadence break signal if a sequence of differences between the plurality of fields does not match a predetermined sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Conexant Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Carl Alelyunas
  • Patent number: 8953685
    Abstract: A decoder may apply a resource-focused interpolation mode to enable or disable interpolation or extrapolation of video units, such as frames, based on power and quality considerations. In one mode, interpolation may be disabled to conserve power when reference frames are not likely to produce satisfactory quality. In another mode, the threshold may be adjustable as a function of power saving requirements. This disclosure also describes selection of reference video frames to be used for interpolation or extrapolation of a video frame. A decoder may apply a quality-focused mode to select a reference frame based on quality criteria. The quality criteria may indicate a level of quality likely to be produced by a reference frame. If no reference frames satisfy the quality criteria, interpolation or extrapolation may be disabled. Display of an interpolated or extrapolated frame may be selectively enabled based on a quality analysis of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gokce Dane, Min Dai, Khaled Helmi El-Maleh, Chia-Yuan Teng
  • Patent number: 8941778
    Abstract: A video display apparatus is provided wherein even for ones, such as 32 pull-down and 22 pull-down, in which since the motion range of an original material is wide, there is a high probability of degradation of the precision of detected vectors, the processing time is effectively used to enhance the precision of detected vectors, thereby generating interpolated pictures having higher qualities. The apparatus recalculates, based on motion vectors (Va) used in generating the first interpolated picture, motion vectors for use in the next interpolated picture generation, thereby detecting recalculated motion vectors having higher precision and less errors than the original motion vectors. A repeated-picture determining part utilizes an interval, during which identical pictures requiring no vector detections consecutively appear, to further improve the precision of motion vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuru Hashimoto, Yasunori Takanezawa
  • Patent number: 8922712
    Abstract: In an embodiment, there is provided a video processing component comprising a compensation engine configured to generate pixels of a first video frame from a second video frame based at least in part on specified pixel motion; and an access buffer configured to store pixel data corresponding to pixels of the second video frame for reference by the compensation engine, wherein the pixel data is stored by the access buffer at different vertical resolutions depending on vertical distances of the pixels corresponding to the pixel data from a target pixel that is indicated by the compensation engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Vipin Namboodiri
  • Publication number: 20140362289
    Abstract: An image processing system comprises an image processor configured to obtain a first image stream having a first frame rate and a second image stream having a second frame rate lower than the first frame rate, to recover additional frames for the second image stream based on existing frames of the first and second image streams, and to utilize the additional frames to provide an increased frame rate for the second image stream. Recovering additional frames for the second image stream based on existing frames of the first and second image streams illustratively comprises determining sets of one or more additional frames for insertion between respective pairs of consecutive existing frames in the second image stream in respective iterations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: LSI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Denis V. Parkhomenko, Ivan L. Mazurenko, Pavel A. Aliseychik, Dmitry N. Babin, Denis V. Zaytsev
  • Patent number: 8908093
    Abstract: The intended display aspect-ratio for video is determined automatically by analyzing an image to identify image blocks resulting from prior block-based processing of the video; comparing horizontal and vertical dimensions of those image blocks with horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image, with black border regions excluded as necessary; and determining from that comparison a display aspect ratio for the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Snell Limited
    Inventors: Michael James Knee, Maurice Snell
  • Patent number: 8902358
    Abstract: A deinterlacing apparatus includes a buffer to receive a plurality of consecutive fields of an interlaced video and a field combination module coupled to the buffer to deinterlace the interlaced video in accordance with cadence of the interlaced video. The deinterlacing apparatus also includes a cadence detection module to detect the cadence by (1) causing each of the fields to be combined with its preceding field into a frame and with its subsequent field into another frame to obtain a plurality of combined frames, (2) determining a comb factor of each of the combined frames to obtain a sequence of comb factors of the combined frames, and (3) determining if the sequence of comb factors of the combined frames follows a pre-determined repeating pattern. A cadence detection method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Michael Harris, Vivek Gowri-Shankar, Boon Hong Oh
  • Patent number: 8878892
    Abstract: A multi-picture synthesizing method in a conference television system is disclosed by the present invention. The method includes: synthesizing multiple pictures into a bottom layer of a multi-picture image according to a preset multi-picture layout, creating at least one layer of image layer over a bottom layer of a multi-picture image, creating at least one image frame in each image layer, and adjusting a pre-output picture corresponding to the image frame according to output characteristics of each image frame, and outputting the pre-output picture into the corresponding image frame. The present invention further discloses a multi-picture synthesizing apparatus in a conference television system. According to the technical scheme of the present invention, the multi-picture synthesizing of a conference television system is implemented flexibly and simply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Junli Liu, Jun Chen, Hui Guan
  • Patent number: 8860880
    Abstract: Apparatus for interpolating images generates motion vectors having a vector confidence value and has a motion compensated interpolation to use the motion vectors to interpolate a new image from two input images at a position determined by a phase control signal. The vector confidence values are used to generate an interpolation confidence measure. The phase control signal is then modified to offset the position at which the new image is interpolated toward the position of the closer of the two input images, if said interpolation confidence measure reduces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Snell Limited
    Inventor: Michael James Knee
  • Patent number: 8842219
    Abstract: Content comprising a sequence of original frames at a first frame rate is up-converted to a second, higher, frame rate. Intermediate frames are calculated for temporal positions spaced between temporal positions of the original frames. An output sequence at the second frame rate comprises a repeating pattern of frames and, within each repetition of the pattern, there is: at least one original frame; at least one intermediate frame which is repeated; and at least one frame which is not repeated. The method is suitable for applications where an up-conversion factor is required in the frame rate, such as an up-conversion factor of five to up-convert from the 24 Hz frame rate used for film-based content to the 120 Hz frame rate used by displays. The output sequence can use all of the original frames to reduce detail flicker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Entropic Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Rogier Wester, Patrick Meijers
  • Patent number: 8817179
    Abstract: Converting a first format frame to one or more second format frames. In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first format frame using n coefficients, where n is the total number of coefficients used for the Y, U and V planes of the first format frame. The method further includes mapping the coefficients of the first format frame to coefficients of one or more second format frames. The one or more second format frames have n coefficients across all of the second format frames matching the n coefficients of the first format frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lihua Zhu, Sridhar Sankuratri, B. Anil Kumar, Nadim Abdo
  • Patent number: 8810726
    Abstract: A frame-rate conversion system having an interpolation mode and a synchronization mode. The synchronization mode is selected when temporal interpolation confidence is and images can be retimed without dropping or repeating of images. The interpolation mode is selected when the measure of temporal interpolation confidence is high or repeating of images. Images are exchanged between a temporal interpolator and a buffer at an exchange rate which is varied in the interpolation mode to optimise the buffer occupancy for retiming of images without dropping or repeating of images in s subsequent synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Snell Limited
    Inventor: Joe Diggins
  • Patent number: 8810725
    Abstract: A method for efficient digital capturing of analog video signals of computer game consoles is provided. The video format of the signal is changed from 480p to 720p, without any scaling artifacts. The number of active horizontal resolution lines and active vertical resolution lines is reduced in the higher definition space, so that the output picture is a pixel-for-pixel transformed replica of the 480p image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jacob Mateo Baker
  • Patent number: 8797457
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to match an input frame rate of a video stream with an output frame rate of an output stream, the apparatus comprising, at least one memory buffer, an output frame generator, and a threshold measurement unit, the threshold measurement unit configured to generate a control feedback, wherein the box is configured to analyze the control feedback to monitor a state of the at least one memory buffer, the threshold measurement unit further configured analyze the control feedback to regulate between two or more different settings, wherein the two or more different settings include slowing down or speeding up the output frame, wherein the two or more different settings further include slowing down or speeding up of the line rate of the output stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Entropic Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Stevens
  • Patent number: 8780265
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for converting a film image (e.g., a movie) into a television (TV) image. In the method and apparatus for converting the film image into a TV image, a pull-down field is added based on header information of a TV interface if BT601, BT656 and BT1120 are used as standards for the TV interface, thereby improving accuracy and reducing load of the apparatus upon conversion of the film image into the TV image. The apparatus includes a film image reception unit which receives a film image; a header information checking unit which checks header information of the film image; and an image conversion unit which uses the header information checked by the header information checking unit to convert the film image into the TV image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Core Logic Inc.
    Inventor: Sang Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 8780267
    Abstract: It is an object to prevent the image quality deterioration of a moving image likely to include a plurality of the same consecutive images such as a movie video and an animation video due to the motion-compensated frame rate conversion (FRC) processing. An image displaying device is provided with an FRC portion (10) for converting the number of frames in an input image signal by interpolating an image signal to which a motion compensation processing has been given between the frames in the input image signal, a genre determining portion (14) for determining whether the input image signal is a predetermined genre, and a controlling portion (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Mori, Seiji Kohashikawa, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Masafumi Ueno, Kenichiroh Yamamoto, Takashi Yoshii
  • Patent number: 8773588
    Abstract: A method for de-interlacing interlaced video includes receiving a first video field and a second video field of an interlaced video frame, generating a first video frame from the first video field and a first synthesized video field, where video data of the first synthesized video field is based exclusively on video data of the first and second video fields, generating a second video frame from the second video field and a second synthesized video field, where video data of the second synthesized video field is based exclusively on the video data of the first and second video fields, and outputting two de-interlaced video frames for every received interlaced video frame. The first (second) synthesized video field is generated by combining image data from the second (first) video field with image data from corresponding lines of an up-scaled first (second) field generated by a scaler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Axis AB
    Inventor: Stefan Lundberg
  • Patent number: 8773585
    Abstract: A method for identifying state of macro block of de-interlacing computing and an image processing apparatus are provided, the method is as follows. A video frame is divided into a plurality of regions, where each of the regions includes a plurality of macro blocks. Then, a basic threshold corresponding to each of the regions is provided according to a position of each of the regions in the video frame, and a first macro block is identified to be a first type macro block or a second type macro block according to the basic threshold corresponding to one of the regions where the first macro block of the macro blocks locates. Then, a corresponding de-interlacing computing step is performed on the first macro block according to an result that the first macro block is identified as the first type macro block or the second type macro block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: ALi (Zhuhai) Corporation
    Inventors: Jin-Song Wen, Feng Gao, Jin-Fu Wang
  • Patent number: 8760574
    Abstract: An image processing method for frame rate conversion, comprising: receiving a stream of input pictures at an input frame rate, at least some of the input pictures being new pictures, the new pictures appearing within the stream of input pictures at an underlying new picture rate; generating interpolated pictures from certain ones of the input pictures; outputting a stream of output pictures at an output frame rate, the stream of output pictures including a blend of the new pictures and the interpolated pictures, the interpolated pictures appearing in the stream of output pictures at an average interpolated picture rate; and causing a variation in the average interpolated picture rate in response to detection of a variation in the underlying new picture rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Larry Pearlstein, Samir Hulyalkar
  • Patent number: 8749708
    Abstract: In order to distribute low-frequency component image data L in image data for one frame to first and second sub-frames respectively as L1 and L2, a distribution of L2 in the low-frequency component image data L is decided. This decision is made based on a non-linear curve, so that when the low-frequency component image data L falls within a low-level region, a distribution rate of L2 is decreased, and when the low-frequency component image data L falls within a high-level region, the distribution rate of L2 is increased within a range that does not exceed 0.5. In this way, a negative-side clipping phenomenon of high-frequency components is suppressed in the low-level region, and flickers are suppressed in the high-level region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiwamu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8749707
    Abstract: A method of displaying a video of a scene on a display with reduced motion blur includes: providing the video of a scene having first subframes that have a first input rate and second subframes that have a second input rate, wherein the first subframes correspond to a first region of the display and the second subframes correspond to a second region of the display; and selectively providing the first and second subframes to corresponding regions in the display, and providing the first region of the display with a first update rate and the second region of the display with a second update rate, wherein the first update rate is greater than the second update rate, so that the displayed image has reduced motion blur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC
    Inventors: Christopher J. White, Michael E. Miller, John N. Border
  • Patent number: 8743279
    Abstract: Provided is an image display device including a high frame rate signal generating unit (20) that increases a frame rate of an input video signal, a frame rate adjusting unit (30) that adjusts a frame rate by setting a non-emission frame at a predetermined cycle on a high frame rate video signal output from the high frame rate signal generating unit (20), and a display panel (40) that displays a video based on a video signal output from the frame rate adjusting unit (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Mori, Yasuo Inoue
  • Patent number: 8736759
    Abstract: A method of interpolated frame generation and input source detection includes: receiving input frames; storing at least a first frame of successive frames in the input frames into a storage device under a film mode; comparing the stored first frame with a second frame of the successive frames not stored in the storage device to generate a first comparison result for determining whether to exit the film mode; and reading frames stored in the storage device to generate interpolated frames under the film mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Chuan Liang, Siou-Shen Lin, Te-Hao Chang
  • Patent number: 8736760
    Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for executing generation and reproduction processing of picture data suitable for picture display devices having differing processable frame rates, low frame rate picture data is generated on the basis of a plurality of temporally continuous pictures having a high frame rate to provide picture data having a plurality of layers. Decimated data may be set as the high frame rate layer data. In this manner, the quantity of data to be transmitted or stored is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuharu Ohki
  • Patent number: 8724022
    Abstract: Frame rate conversion may be implemented using motion estimation results. Specifically, as part of the motion estimation, pixels may be labeled based on the number of matching pixels in subsequent frames. For example, pixels may be labeled as to whether they have no matching pixels, one matching pixels, or multiple matching pixels. The motion estimation and pixel labeling may then be used to interpolate pixels for frame rate conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mahesh Subedar, Jorge E. Caviedes
  • Patent number: 8718448
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a media-editing application that performs frame rate conversion detection on a video. For a video that has been converted from one frame rate and format to another frame rate and format, the application detects the conversion method that has been used in the conversion of the video. Some embodiments perform this frame rate conversion detection by detecting patterns of repeating fields and/or frames in a video sequence created by the different conversion processes. Some embodiments compute (i) a frame difference value for each consecutive frames, (ii) a correlation score for the first and second fields of each frame, and (iii) a correlation score for the second field of each frame and the first field of a succeeding frame. Frame difference values are compared with each other to detect repeated frames and correlation scores are compared with each other to detect repeated fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Kengkuan Lin
  • Patent number: 8692933
    Abstract: In an embodiment, there is provided a video processing component comprising a compensation engine configured to generate pixels of a first video frame from a second video frame based at least in part on specified pixel motion; and an access buffer configured to store pixel data corresponding to pixels of the second video frame for reference by the compensation engine, wherein the pixel data is stored by the access buffer at different vertical resolutions depending on vertical distances of the pixels corresponding to the pixel data from a target pixel that is indicated by the compensation engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Vipin Namboodri
  • Patent number: 8692935
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method that comprises, based at least on two frames of a plurality of frames of a video stream, performing interpolation according to an interpolation mode to generate one or more interpolation frames. The method also comprises determining a merit of the interpolation based on one or more of (i) a measure of errors of the interpolation, and (ii) a measure of accuracy of one or more occlusion or reveal regions of the one or more interpolation frames. The method further comprises dynamically changing the interpolation mode based at least on the determined merit of the interpolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Vipin Namboodiri
  • Patent number: 8681269
    Abstract: A video reproduction apparatus according to the present invention includes a decoding unit configured to decode a plurality of frames constituting compressed and encoded video information, a display control unit configured to display the plurality of frames decoded by the decoding unit on a display unit, an interpolation unit configured to generate an interpolation frame from the plurality of frames constituting the video information, and a selection unit configured to select the frame to be decoded by the decoding unit based on a reproduction speed of the video information and a driving speed of the display unit, wherein the display control unit displays the frame selected by the selection unit and the interpolation frame generated by the interpolation unit on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8675128
    Abstract: An image processing engine, comprising: a frame rate conversion entity configured to: (a) generate output pictures from input pictures, the output pictures comprising a set of first output pictures and a plurality of sets of second output pictures, each set of second output pictures being associated with one of the first output pictures, each of the first output pictures being derived from a respective one of the input pictures; and (b) control generation of the set of second output pictures associated with a particular first output picture based upon repetitive pattern presence detection within a related picture that is either (i) the particular first output picture or (ii) the input picture from which the particular first output picture was derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Larry Pearlstein, Min Wang, Marinko Karanovic