Adaptive Comb Filter Patents (Class 348/667)
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Patent number: 10439818Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a CAPTCHA image generation method and apparatus, and a server, relating to the field of computer technologies. According to the present disclosure, first noise points are generated on a CAPTCHA code in some regions of an initial image and second noise points are generated on a background of the image in another region, so that a machine cannot filter out the noise points in a CAPTCHA image by means of some simple algorithms, increasing difficulty in recognizing the CAPTCHA code by the machine, reducing a risk that the CAPTCHA code is cracked by the machine, and having a strong crack-proof capability.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Bin Luo, Xin Hou
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Patent number: 8902358Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Altera CorporationInventors: Jon Michael Harris, Vivek Gowri-Shankar, Boon Hong Oh
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Patent number: 8582032Abstract: Motion detection in interlaced video fields, as useful in de-interlacing, includes spatial-temporal maximum filtering, temporal IIR filtering dependent upon spatial-temporal variance, and spatial variance dependent moving-still interpolation blending factor.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Fan Zhai, Weider Peter Chang
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Patent number: 8553155Abstract: A system and method for improved comb filtering. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise method steps and system components that generate a signal indicative of the quality of a field-combed signal. A first signal indicative of inter-field and inter-line signal difference substantially inside the chroma frequency band may be generated. An indication of field comb quality may be determined based at least in-part on the first signal, and a corresponding signal may be generated. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise method steps and system components that generate a comb-filtered signal. A field comb signal and line comb signal may be generated. A comb-filtered signal may be generated based on the field comb signal, line comb signal, and the signal indicative of the field comb quality.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2004Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Alexander G. MacInnis
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Publication number: 20130113998Abstract: A device for outputting a luminance signal is disclosed. The device includes a chrominance judgment unit, a field observation unit, and an output unit. The chrominance judgment unit and the field observation unit are used to determine whether a 3D luminance signal is affected. The output unit outputs a resultant luminance signal according to the determination results of the chrominance judgment unit and the field observation unit. According to the present invention, the resultant luminance signal can be accurately obtained by judging characteristics of the 3D luminance signal and a 3D chrominance signal even if a 3D comb filter is wrongly used in a motion condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.Inventors: Albert Hua Tai, Feng Chi Wei, Heng Yi Liu
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Patent number: 8248536Abstract: The invention provides techniques for separating luma and chroma signal components in a composite SECAM video signal. During reception, the SECAM video signal is split into luma and chroma output. The amplitude of the chroma carrier is monitored during reception. If the chroma carrier amplitude is greater than a threshold, the value of the chroma output can be reduced. Also, if the chroma carrier amplitude is greater than another threshold, a portion of the chroma carrier can be added to the luma; or the trap band of the band-trap filter for extracting luma from the composite video can be reduced. The respective amount of the reduction in the chroma output and the increase in the luma output are independently determined but both may proportional to the magnitude of the deviation in the chroma carrier amplitude from the different thresholds.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: ATI Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dongsheng Wu, Robert B. Prozorov, Huijuan Liu, Christopher D. Jurado, Daniel Zhu, Binning Chen
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Patent number: 8237866Abstract: A system, apparatus and method are disclosed for separating a current frame of a composite video signal into a luminance signal and a chroma signal. A relative chroma correlation value is generated using a plurality of lines of the current frame. A weighted sum of inter-line pixel differences of the current frame is generated using the relative chroma correlation value. A frame difference signal is generated by subtracting a previous frame of the composite video signal from the current frame. A detected motion signal is generated that corresponds to motion detected in the current frame. The weighted sum of inter-line pixel differences, the frame difference signal, and the detected motion signal are combined to generate the chroma signal. The chroma signal is subtracted from the current frame to generate the luminance signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.Inventor: Patricia Chiang Wei Yin
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Patent number: 8218084Abstract: A signal separator for separating luminance and color signals from a composite video signal includes: a first line delay element for delaying the composite video signal by one line period; a second line delay element for delaying the composite video signal by two line periods; an adder element for adding the first and second delay signals; a subtraction element for subtracting the second delay signal from the first delay signal; a control signal generator for passing a part of the addition signal within a predetermined frequency band therethrough; and a gain control element for reducing a level of the subtraction signal based on the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2007Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsutoshi Nagata
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Patent number: 8218085Abstract: A signal separator for separating luminance and color signals from a composite video signal includes: a first band pass element for passing a part of the composite video signal within a color signal band and within a predetermined frequency band; a second band pass element for passing a part of the first filtered signal within the color signal band and without the predetermined frequency band; and a first subtraction element for subtracting the first filtered signal from the composite video signal, wherein the predetermined frequency band is a frequency range in which the separation of the composite video signal into the color and the luminance signals is difficult.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2007Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsutoshi Nagata
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Patent number: 8199256Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional Y/C separating circuit that has a high responsibility to a motion in a video signal and can reduce a memory capacity, a three-dimensional Y/C separating circuit has a 2-frame memory 14 that delays a color signal by an inversion period thereof to produce a delayed composite video signal, a luminance motion detecting part that produces a first frame correlation signal by a subtraction processing between the delayed composite video signal and a composite video signal, an adding circuit 23 that produces a mixed video signal by an addition processing between the delayed composite video signal and the composite video signal, a frame memory 24 that delays the mixed video signal by one frame period, a subtracting circuit 25 that produces a second frame correlation signal by a subtraction processing between the mixed video signal and the mixed video signal delayed by one frame period, a determining circuit 26 that determines a motion from the first and second frame correlation signals anType: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Mari Kaneko, Hirotoshi Aizawa
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Patent number: 8139156Abstract: A method for adaptive selection of YC separation is provided. While a video decoder is re-sampling, a frequency of a re-sampling signal and a pixel rate of an output signal have a fixed relation, which is used to determine if a sampling frequency of the signal is deviated. And, accordingly, an appropriate Y/C separation is selected and then performed to obtain a better image quality.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.Inventor: Hsin Chieh Tu
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Patent number: 8072547Abstract: A comb filter system that utilizes host memory is disclosed. The comb filter system that utilizes host memory may include a comb filter. The comb filter system that utilizes host memory may include an allocated host memory. The comb filter system that utilizes host memory may include an interface in signal communication with the comb filter and allocated host memory.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Conexant Systems, Inc.Inventors: John E. Welch, Michael A. Eskin, Lauren E. Linstad, Torry Steed
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Patent number: 8026980Abstract: A system and method for improving decisions for 2D combing of a video. A 2D-comb is applied to a baseband video signal, thus producing a chroma component of the signal, and an associated combing error. A narrowband filter is applied to the chroma component to produce a filtered chroma component. The chroma component and the filtered chroma component are blended in proportions based on the amount of combing error to produce a new chroma component. A larger combing error induces selection or blending a larger portion of the filtered chroma component, which as a result of narrowband filtering contains less cross-chroma error. Subtracting the new chroma component from the baseband video signal produces a new luma component. The chroma component can also be filtered using a wider band filter to produce a non-complementary chroma component to be subtracted from the baseband video signal to produce the new luma component.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Shawn Val Johnson, Brad Delanghe, Brian Schoner, Darren Neuman
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Patent number: 7969511Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving the quality of a composite video signal and a method and apparatus for decoding the composite video signal. The method for improving the quality of the composite video signal respectively detects edges from a luminance information signal and a chrominance information signal separated from the composite video signal, detects an artifact region using the detected edges, and filters the detected artifact region. Accordingly, an artifact can be effectively removed while preserving edge information and detail information of an image to improve picture quality.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung-hee Kim
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Patent number: 7929058Abstract: A digital video processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided, and include a signal receiving part for receiving a digital video signal, a decoder for separating a luminance signal from the digital video signal, and a filtering part for filtering the luminance signal separated in the decoder to substantially remove an interference signal contained in the luminance signal. Thus, the digital video processing apparatus can filter out interference signals contained in a luminance signal of a digital video signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2006Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-cheol Kim
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Patent number: 7773157Abstract: An adaptive digital video signal processing apparatus and method for Y/C separation. In the video signal processing apparatus, an adaptive 2D BPF carries out Y/C separation through comb filtering and bandpass filtering selected according to local characteristics of an image (e.g., based on the direction in which an edge in the image extends in vertical and horizontal directions. The adaptive 2D BPF performs 2D bandpass filtering in general case. The 2D BPF adaptively executes a series of selections of the various filtering operations in a continuous manner.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Cheol Park, Hyung-Jun Lim, Jae-Hong Park, Kyoung-Mook Lim, Heo-Jin Byeon, Eui-Jin Kwon
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Publication number: 20100188571Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for a motion detection system for video signal processing that includes a luminance motion detector, a chroma motion detector, and a smoothness detector. These systems and methods may also include a phase motion detector, a baseband YC separation circuitry for video signal processing, a chip for video signal processing, and a video signal processing system used in an electronic article.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventor: Patricia Chiang Wei Yin
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Patent number: 7742110Abstract: I describe and claim a temporal comb filtering system and method. The temporal comb filter system includes a comb filter to temporally process separated luminance and chrominance components from an image field responsive to image data from at least one other image field and a panel to display the processed components. The comb filter includes a cross-chroma detector to detect luminance information within chrominance data from a first image field responsive to chrominance data from at least one other image field and a cross-luma detector to detect chrominance information within the luminance data from the first image field responsive to the luminance data from at least one other image field.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.Inventor: Neil D. Woodall
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Patent number: 7728910Abstract: The invention relates to a 2D YC separation device and YC separation system for separating a composite signal into a luma signal (Y) and a chroma signal (C). Firstly, the 2D YC separation device utilizes a low-pass filter to separate the composite signal into a low-frequency composite signal and a high-frequency composite signal. The low-frequency composite signal is a low-frequency luma signal. A 2D comb filter is utilized to separate the high-frequency composite signal into a high-frequency luma signal and the chroma signal. The luma signal is equal to the low-frequency luma signal plus the high-frequency luma signal. Therefore, the 2D YC separation device of the present invention can perfectly separate the composite signal so as to obtain a better luma signal and chroma signal. The YC separation system of the present invention further comprises a 3D YC separation device and a motion detection device, so as to obtain a precise luma signal and chroma signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Himax Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Fang-Chen Chang
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Patent number: 7688387Abstract: Separation of luma and chroma in a video. In an embodiment, values on a current line of the sampled video signal, at ¼-period intervals, are compared with values on a previous line of the sampled video signal, at ¼-period intervals. Values on the current line of the sampled video signal are compared to values on a subsequent line of the sampled video signal. This gives information about the vertical frequency content. Values on the current line are compared with values having the same chroma phase on the same line to provide information about horizontal frequency content. The data of vertical and horizontal frequency logic are used by the decision logic to determine the appropriateness of combing based on these comparisons. If combing is not appropriate, the signal is bandpass filtered instead of combed. The low-pass and combing filters are applied to the original signal, not an interpolated or resampled signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2003Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Shawn V Johnson
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Publication number: 20100045871Abstract: The invention provides techniques for separating luma and chroma signal components in a composite SECAM video signal. During reception, the SECAM video signal is split into luma and chroma output. The amplitude of the chroma carrier is monitored during reception. If the chroma carrier amplitude is greater than a threshold, the value of the chroma output can be reduced. Also, if the chroma carrier amplitude is greater than another threshold, a portion of the chroma carrier can be added to the luma; or the trap band of the band-trap filter for extracting luma from the composite video can be reduced. The respective amount of the reduction in the chroma output and the increase in the luma output are independently determined but both may proportional to the magnitude of the deviation in the chroma carrier amplitude from the different thresholds.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2006Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: ATI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Dongsheng Wu, Robert B. Prozorov, Huijuan Liu, Christopher D. Jurado, Daniel Zhu, Binning Chen
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Patent number: 7663702Abstract: A digital video signal processing apparatus and method for adaptive spatio-temporal Y/C separation in multiple directions. In the digital video signal processing apparatus, an adaptive three-dimensional band pass filter (3D BPF) performs Y/C separation using local comb filtering/1D band pass filtering when the edge direction is fixed vertically/horizontally according to spatio-temporal local characteristics of an image using spatio-temporal filters. When the edge direction is not fixed horizontally/vertically, the 3D BPF performs 2D band pass filtering in all directions. Thus, the 3D BPF continuously carries out comb filtering, 1D band pass filtering and 2D band pass filtering according to the spatio-temporal local characteristics of the image.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-cheol Park, Kyoung-mook Lim, Hyung-jun Lim, Seh-woong Jeong, Jae-hong Park, Heo-jin Byeon
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Patent number: 7659944Abstract: A digital video signal processing apparatus and method for field-based adaptive Y/C separation includes an adaptive 3D BPF performing Y/C separation according to local comb filtering/1D band pass filtering when the edge direction is fixed vertically/horizontally in response to spatio-temporal local characteristics of an image using spatio-temporal filters. When the edge direction is not fixed horizontally or vertically, the 3D BPF performs 2D/3D band pass filtering in all directions. The 3D BPF adaptively and continuously carries out comb filtering, 1D band pass filtering and 2D/3D band pass filtering in response to the spatio-temporal local characteristics of the image.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-cheol Park, Hyung-jun Lim, Jae-hong Park, Kyoung-mook Lim, Heo-jin Byeon, Dong-suk Shin
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Patent number: 7646436Abstract: We describe and claim a fuzzy logic based adaptive Y/C separation system and method. The fuzzy logic based adaptive Y/C separation system includes an adaptive Y/C separator to use fuzzy logic to separate chrominance data in a video signal, and a panel to display the chrominance data. The adaptive Y/C separator includes a plurality of filters, each to separate chrominance data in a video signal, and a blending circuit to use fuzzy logic to blend the chrominance data.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2008Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.Inventor: Neil D. Woodall
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Patent number: 7605870Abstract: A digital video signal processing apparatus and method for frame-based adaptive spatio-temporal Y/C separation. In the digital video signal processing apparatus, an adaptive three-dimensional bandpass filter (3D BPF) performs Y/C separation using local comb filtering/1D band pass filtering/frame comb filtering when the edge direction is fixed vertically/horizontally/temporally according to spatio-temporal local characteristics of an image using spatio-temporal filters. When the edge direction is not fixed horizontally/vertically/temporally, the 3D BPF performs 2D or 3D band pass filtering in all directions. Thus, the 3D BPF continuously carries out comb filtering, 1D band pass filtering, frame comb filtering and 2D/3D band pass filtering according to the spatio-temporal local characteristic of the image.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-cheol Park, Hyung-jun Lim, Jae-hong Park, Kyoung-mook Lim, Heo-jin Byeon, Dong-suk Shin
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Patent number: 7595842Abstract: A system and method for determining whether to process a signal using three-dimensional comb filtering. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise method steps and system components that generate an inter-frame chroma signal. Various aspects may generate a filtered inter-frame chroma signal by removing a band of frequency components from the inter-frame chroma signal that generally corresponds to chroma signal components. Various aspects may analyze the filtered inter-frame chroma signal to determine whether three-dimensional comb filtering may be appropriate. Various aspects may comprise method steps and components that generate inter-frame and intra-frame luma signals. Various aspects may generate filtered inter-frame and intra-frame luma signals by removing frequency components from the inter-frame and intra-frame luma signals, respectively, that fall outside a frequency band near the chroma sub-carrier frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2007Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Alexander G. MacInnis, Sheng Zhong
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Patent number: 7545442Abstract: The present invention uses a 2D comb filter 20 to output a 2D chrominance signal C2d by comparing the current scan-line signals with the signals before and after the current scan-line signals. A 3D chrominance signal C3d is then acquired by directly subtracting two adjacent 2D image signals and then dividing by 2 to get an approximate chrominance signal C3d of the two 2D images. Ratio mixing is performed on the 2D chrominance signal C2d and the 3D chrominance signal C3d to output a near-actual chrominance signal. A chrominance variation value can be acquired by comparing the chrominance signals of the two adjacent images. Finally, an actual luminance signal of the current scan-line is separated by deducting the near-actual chrominance signal from the signals of the current scan-line to restore the luminance signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: VXIS Technology Corp.Inventors: Yuan-Hao Huang, Jen-Yao Ho
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Patent number: 7538823Abstract: A method of separating a chroma data component from a video data stream includes determining a phase relationship between a color burst in digital video data samples of a composite video signal and a local clock signal which processes the digital video data samples. In response to determining the phase relationship, interpolation filtering is performed on the digital video data samples corresponding to first and second display lines to generate phase aligned video data samples. Adaptive filtering is then performed utilizing the phase aligned video data samples corresponding to the first and second display lines to separate the chroma component from the digital video data samples corresponding to the first display line.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2005Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.Inventors: Rahul Singh, James Antone, John Laurence Melanson, Daniel O. Gudmundson
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Patent number: 7535515Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for distinguishing false motion from true motion, in a video signal that is received by a television set. The video signal is received at the television set. The video signal includes a luma component and a chroma component. A motion detection operation is performed for each of the chroma component and the luma component in several frequency regions of the received video signal. Each frequency region has a unique, adjustable threshold value for distinguishing false motion from true motion, that is dynamically adjustable based on the incoming video signal, and as a result the motion detection accuracy is improved and image artifacts are minimized in an image that is described by the video signal and is to be displayed on the television set.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Inventors: Ravi Ananthapur Bacche, Xu Dong
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Patent number: 7532254Abstract: I describe and claim a temporal comb filtering system and method. The temporal comb filter system includes a comb filter to temporally process separated luminance and chrominance components from an image field responsive to image data from at least one other image field and a panel to display the processed components. The comb filter includes a cross-chroma detector to detect luminance information within chrominance data from a first image field responsive to chrominance data from at least one other image field and a cross-luma detector to detect chrominance information within the luminance data from the first image field responsive to the luminance data from at least one other image field.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2005Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.Inventor: Neil D. Woodall
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Patent number: 7483037Abstract: A system which utilizes the processing capabilities of the graphics processing unit (GPU) in the graphics controller. Each frame of each video stream is decoded. After decoding the compressed image is separated into an image representing the luminance and an image representing the chroma. The chroma image is resampled as appropriate using the GPU to provide chroma values corresponding to each luminance value at the proper locations. The resampled chroma image and the luminance image are properly combined to produce a 4:4:4 image, preferably in the RGB color space, and provided to the frame buffer for final display. Each of these operations is done in real time for each frame of the video.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Apple, Inc.Inventor: Sean Matthew Gies
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Patent number: 7471342Abstract: A method and system for correcting luma data and chroma data from a composite signal for a plurality of lines are disclosed. The method and system include correlating line data of the composite signal from a portion of the plurality of lines to provide a plurality of correlation signals. The method and system also include generating a chroma suppression signal based on the plurality of correlation signals. The chroma suppression signal indicates whether to suppress a portion of the chroma data. The chroma suppression signal indicates that the portion of the chroma data should be suppressed when a large luma transition and the chroma data being beneath a threshold are detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2005Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Aleksandr M. Movshovich, Brad A. Delanghe, Darren Neuman
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Patent number: 7432987Abstract: A method of motion detection for a 3D comb filter video decoder is disclosed. In this method, a plurality of sampled data FmPx,y is obtained and temporarily stored after a composite video signal is sampled, wherein FmPx,y represents a sampled data of the yth pixel on the xth line of the mth frame inside the composite video signal, and m, x, y are positive integers greater than or equal to 0. Then, Fm+1Px,y, FmPx,y, Fm?1Px,y, and Fm?2Px,y are used to determine a motion/still status of the composite video signal. Since the present invention performs the motion detection according to the composite video signal whose Y/C has not been separated yet, the present invention can accurately determine the motion level.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Pei-Ming Shan, Uriah Peng
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Patent number: 7420625Abstract: We describe and claim a fuzzy logic based adaptive Y/C separation system and method. The fuzzy logic based adaptive Y/C separation system includes an adaptive Y/C separator to use fuzzy logic to separate chrominance data in a video signal, and a panel to display the chrominance data. The adaptive Y/C separator includes a plurality of filters, each to separate chrominance data in a video signal, and a blending circuit to use fuzzy logic to blend the chrominance data.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2005Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Pixelworks, Inc.Inventor: Neil D. Woodall
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Patent number: 7394502Abstract: Methods and systems for 2D comb filtering of a PAL video signal are provided. The method may comprise generating a plurality of interpolated pixels for corresponding video samples in non-adjacent pixel lines for a video frame. At least one direction of least bandwidth may be determined among the video samples and the interpolated pixels. The method may blend combing in the determined direction of least bandwidth. A plurality of interpolated pixels for corresponding video samples may be generated in a first pixel line of the video frame. The plurality of interpolated pixels in the first pixel line may be shifted, so that each of the plurality of interpolated pixels in the first pixel line is one quarter cycle phase-shifted from a corresponding adjacent pixel in the first pixel line.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2004Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Shawn Val Johnson
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Patent number: 7391479Abstract: Methods and systems for 3D bidirectional comb filtering of a video signal are provided. Aspects of the method may include generating a plurality of interpolated pixels for a current line, a next line and a previous line in a current frame. A plurality of interpolated pixels may be generated in a previous frame, which corresponds to the interpolated pixels in the current frame. A plurality of interpolated pixels may be generated in a next frame, which corresponds to the interpolated pixels in the current frame. At least one direction of least bandwidth may be determined among at least a portion of all the generated interpolated pixels and true pixels in the current frame. Combing may be blended according to the determined at least one direction of least bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2004Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Shawn Val Johnson
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Patent number: 7391478Abstract: Methods and systems for 3D comb filtering of a video signal are provided. Aspects of the method may include generating a plurality of interpolated pixels for corresponding video samples for a first video frame, determining at least one direction of least bandwidth among the video samples and the interpolated pixels, and blending combing according to the determined direction of least bandwidth. A plurality of interpolated pixels for corresponding video samples may be generated in a first pixel line of the first video frame. The plurality of interpolated pixels in the first pixel line may be generated, so that each of the plurality of interpolated pixels in the first pixel line is one quarter cycle phase-shifted from a corresponding adjacent pixel in the first pixel line.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2004Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Shawn V. Johnson
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Publication number: 20080055481Abstract: Processing signals in a video system may include detecting motion in at least one of a plurality of video frames, storing the results of the detecting to a buffer and comb filtering at least one future frame using the results stored in the buffer. Detecting the difference may include computing the difference between at least two of the plurality of frames on a pixel by pixel basis and comparing the difference to a threshold. The width and height of the buffer may be the same as the width and height of a video frame and a result may be stored in a location in the buffer corresponding to the location in the video frame where motion may have been detected. The buffer may hold the data representing motion from a plurality of frames. The processing may further include extracting chroma and luma information from a composite video signal by using a frame comb filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2006Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventors: Brad A. Delanghe, Aleksandr M. Movshovich
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Patent number: 7339629Abstract: Methods and systems for time constant for a 3D comb filter of a video signal are provided. Aspects of the method may include assigning a weight to a 3D comb mesh value. Combing may be blended according to the assigned weight of the 3D comb mesh value. The weighted 3D comb mesh value may be accumulated in order to generate accumulated mesh value. If the accumulated mesh value exceeds a saturation value, the accumulated mesh value may be reduced to the saturation value. If the 3D comb mesh value is smaller than a first threshold value, the accumulated mesh value may be reset to zero. A multiplier may be generated according to the accumulated mesh value. If the accumulated mesh value is between a second threshold value and a third threshold value, the multiplier may be blended.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2004Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Shawn V. Johnson
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Patent number: 7327405Abstract: The invention provides improved video comb filtering. One aspect of the invention considers detected motion of an object between a reference signal and a comparison signal in determining whether to comb and if combing is indicate, what portion of each of the signals to use for combing. Another aspect of the invention detects non-coherent combing decisions and eliminates the non-coherency. Yet another aspect of the invention uses luma bandwidth reduction and/or chroma bandwidth reduction in the case of a comb failure.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2004Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: QuStream CorporationInventors: Virgil L. Lowe, Xavier Jacques Lacarelle
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Patent number: 7310119Abstract: An adaptive circuit and method for separating luminance and chrominance components from a composite video signal by deriving three input lines from the composite video signal, determining whether any luminance similarity exists among the three input lines, and then selectively enabling a component filter based on any luminance similarity. If no luminance similarity exists among all three of the input lines, then a subtractive comb filter is enabled to maintain high vertical luminance resolution. If luminance similarity exists among all three of the input lines, then an additive comb filter is enabled. The additive comb filter performs three-line averaging when a high degree of similarity exists among all three consecutive input lines to minimize cross-chroma artifacts on lines that are similar.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2004Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.Inventors: Rahul Singh, Daniel O. Gudmundson, James A. Antone
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Patent number: 7274408Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of 3-dimensional (3D) comb filter video decoder. The composite video signal is sampled to obtain multiple sampling data FmPx,y, which represents the yth pixel of the Xth line in the mth frame, in which m, x, y are positive integer. After using Fm+1Px,y, FmPx,y, Fm?1Px,y, and Fm?2Px,y to judge whether the composite video signal is the motion state or the still state. The motion detection is based on the composite video signal without separation of luma and chroma. As a result, the motion detection can be precisely judged.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2004Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Pei-Ming Shan, Uriah Peng
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Patent number: 7227587Abstract: A system and method for determining whether to process a signal using three-dimensional comb filtering. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise method steps and system components that generate an inter-frame chroma signal. Various aspects may generate a filtered inter-frame chroma signal by removing a band of frequency components from the inter-frame chroma signal that generally corresponds to chroma signal components. Various aspects may analyze the filtered inter-frame chroma signal to determine whether three-dimensional comb filtering may be appropriate. Various aspects may comprise method steps and components that generate inter-frame and intra-frame luma signals. Various aspects may generate filtered inter-frame and intra-frame luma signals by removing frequency components from the inter-frame and intra-frame luma signals, respectively, that fall outside a frequency band near the chroma sub-carrier frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2004Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Alexander G. MacInnis, Sheng Zhong
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Patent number: 7227585Abstract: Provided are decoding methods and decoders for separating luminance and chrominance components of a video signal. In one aspect, a reference subcarrier of a first line of the video signal is used for subsequent lines by applying an appropriate rotation to the reference subcarrier of the first line for each subsequent line. In another aspect, comb filtering is adaptively controlled based on determining whether 90 or 180 degrees relationship is maintained from line to line. In a further aspect, both complimentary and non-complimentary comb filtering are implemented. In yet another aspect, SECAM bell filtering is achieved by rotating the video signal to obtain a baseband signal, low-pass filtering and modulating the baseband signal, and subtracting the modulated low-pass filtered baseband signal from the video signal to notch the chroma component from the luma component.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2004Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Conexant Systems, Inc.Inventors: Peter M. Murdock, John E. Welch
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Patent number: 7176984Abstract: A method and/or apparatus for separating a video signal into a luminance signal and a chrominance signal is disclosed. The method first generates a target video signal and a plurality of reference video signals by delaying the video signal, then generates a plurality of intermediate signals such as an HCS, VCS and SLED according to the target signal and the plurality of reference signals, and finally generates the chrominance signal of the video signal by determining the HCS, the VCS, and the SLFD and generates the luminance signal of the video signal according to the chrominance signal of the video signal and the plurality of reference video signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Mediatek Inc.Inventor: Jen-Shi Wu
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Patent number: 6995804Abstract: An apparatus for separating color and luminance signals from a composite video signal in consideration of the existence and degree of a motion of the video image. The apparatus includes an output section, a first filter, a second filter, a third filter, a motion detector, a motion estimator, a color selector and a luminance selector. The color and luminance selectors select and output the color and the luminance signal from the output signals of the filters in accordance with the existence and degree of the motion.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sun Kyu Kwon, Yeong-Ho Ha
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Patent number: 6950149Abstract: An adaptive comb filter small in circuit scale and simple in circuit constitution is provided. The frequency band component of chrominance signal is extracted from a composite color video signal by a bandpass filter. The extracted chrominance signal is delay by a delay circuit by one horizontal period. A subtraction output is obtained by a first subtracting circuit between the output signal of the bandpass filter and the output signal of the delay circuit. An addition output is obtained by a adding circuit between the output signal of the bandpass filter and the output signal of the delay circuit. A correlation detecting circuit is provided that outputs a binary signal k0 based on a relationship between the output of the first subtracting circuit and the output of the adding circuit. This binary signal k0 and a signal k1 obtained by delaying this binary signal k0 by a second delay circuit by one horizontal period are supplied to an arithmetic block.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2000Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Masami Goseki
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Patent number: 6940560Abstract: A method and system for performing combing for PAL luma data is disclosed. The combing is performed for a display having a plurality of lines. The display is capable of depicting a frame including a horizontal boundary having a top edge and a bottom edge. A top line of the plurality of lines is at the top edge of the horizontal boundary. A bottom line of the plurality of lines is at the bottom edge of the horizontal boundary. The method and system includes providing a feedback multiplexer, a line delay and a feed forward multiplexer. The feedback multiplexer has a first input, a second input and a first output. The first input is for receiving luma data for a current line. The line delay has a delay input and a delay output, the delay input coupled with the first output. The delay output is coupled with the second input. The feed forward multiplexer has a third input, a fourth input and a second output. The third input is coupled with the delay output.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2004Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Aleksandr M. Movshovich, Brad A. Delanghe
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Patent number: 6930677Abstract: A method and system for performing combing for PAL chroma data for a display having a plurality of lines is disclosed. The display is capable of depicting a frame including a horizontal boundary having a top edge and a bottom edge. The top line of the plurality of lines is at the top edge of the horizontal boundary, while a bottom line of the plurality of lines is at the bottom edge of the horizontal boundary. The method and system include replacing bottom line chroma data with previous line chroma data for the top line. The method and system also include replacing top line chroma data with subsequent line chroma data for the bottom line. The method and system can also provide three-line combing chroma data for a remaining portion of the plurality of lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Aleksandr M. Movshovich, Brad A. Delanghe
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Patent number: 6914638Abstract: A method and an apparatus of decoding a television broadcasting signal are disclosed. In one embodiment, an improved video decoder converts the video signal into a digitized video signal. The improved video decoder then separates luminance information and chrominance information of the digitized video signal in a dimension that has a constancy value below a predetermined threshold level. Lastly, the improved video decoder optionally converts the separated luminance information and chrominance information into an output format that conforms to input requirements of the NTSC/PAL television.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2000Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Ernest T. Tsui