Entropic Communications, Inc.

Micronas Gmbh

Trident Microsystems (far East) Ltd.

Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Peter Rieder

Marko Hahn

Markus Schu

Christian Tuschen

Guenter Scheffler

Günter Scheffler

Dirk Wendel

Ulrich Niedermeier

Kilian Jacob

Mark-Oliver Richter

Karsten Roscher

A method for processing a video image sequence with a number of successive images and an image processing device for processing a video image sequence are described. The method comprises:

Image processing method with motion estimation and image processing arrangement

The invention relates to a method for generating a motion vector field for an intermediate image disposed between a first and a second image.

Determining a vector field for an intermediate image

A method for testing a motion vector is described, which has: provision of at least one item of motion information assigned to the image sequence; storing a first image section of the first image in a first buffer memory and storing a second image section of the second image in a second intermediate memory, whereby a position of the first image section in the first image and a position of the second image section in the second image have reciprocal offset, which is dependent on the at least one item of motion information; determining a first image block in the first image section and a second image block in a second image section using the motion vector; comparing the contents of the first and of the second image block.

Method for testing a motion vector

A method is described for selecting a motion vector for a first image block of an image of an image sequence from a number of test vectors, to which respectively a significance measurement is assigned, wherein at least one of these test vectors is a motion vector of a further image block that is arranged temporally and/or spatially adjacent to the first image block, or a vector formed by modification of this motion vector, and wherein the method covers:

Method of estimating the motion in image processing

A method of selecting a motion vector for an image block of an image of an image sequence from a number of test vectors.

Method for estimating the motion in image processing

A method for reducing image artifacts in an image that includes a number of pixels each of which includes at least one video information value, includes generating a plurality of filter coefficients for at least some of the pixels of the image, on the basis of which the video information values of the pixels can be reconstructed. Artifact detection is performed to detect artifact regions within the image. At least some filter coefficients of those pixels that lie within the artifact regions are modified to generate modified filter coefficients. The video information values are synthesized using the filter coefficients, the modified filter coefficients being employed for the synthesis for pixels lying within the artifact regions.

Method for reducing image artifacts

A method for encoding first and second data words, which may represent differential data values (e.g., luminance and chrominance difference data values), onto an encoded data word includes: assigning a first code word to a first approximation value for a first data value, and assigning a second code word to second approximation value for a second data value; mapping the first and the second code words onto respective first and second data segments of the encoded data word; determining a first difference value between the first data value and the first approximation value and determining a second difference value between the second data value and the second approximation value; and at least partial mapping a first difference data word representing the first difference value and/or a second difference data word representing the second difference value onto at least one additional data segment of the encoded data word.

Method for encoding a first and a second data word

The invention relates to a method for interpolating a pixel from an intermediate line of a first field of a sequence of interlaced fields.

Apparatus and method for interpolating a pixel from an intermediate line of a field

An image to be interpolated is subdivided into a number of image blocks and a motion estimation technique is implemented to provide at least one initial motion vector for each of the image blocks. A modified motion vector is generated for each image block based on the initial motion vectors assigned to the individual image blocks. At least one additional image block is determined through which the motion vector assigned to the given image block passes at least partially, and the modified motion vector is generated as a function of the initial motion vector that is assigned to this at least one additional image block.

Method and device for determining motion vectors

The invention relates to a method for rendering an image sequence. wherein an individual image is rendered by rendering monochromatic subimages in temporal succession. A subimage sequence obtained by temporal sequencing of the subimages is generated in motion-compensated fashion.

Image rendition using sequential color rendition

Method for motion-vector-aided interpolation of a pixel of an intermediate image lying between two input images includes a first pixel being selected from a first field and a second pixel being selected from a second field using a first motion vector, and a third pixel being selected from the first field and a fourth pixel being selected from the second field using a second motion vector. Next, an interval specified by video information values of the first pixel and the second pixel or an interval specified by video information values of the third pixel and the fourth pixel is determined and the video information values are mixed such that the video information value of the pixel to be interpolated lies within this interval.

Apparatus and method for motion-vector-aided interpolation of a pixel of an intermediate image of an image sequence

In a method and device for determining the spacing between first and second sequences of signal values, first and second successive signal values of the first sequence have assigned thereto a third signal value of the second sequence, the third signal value being located temporally or spatially between the first and second signal values of the first sequence. A first spacing value is determined based on a mixing value from the first and second signal values, a second spacing value between the mixing value and the third signal value, an interval width value based on the width of an interval defined by the first and second signal values, and mapping of the second spacing value onto the first spacing value using the interval width value such that a mapping curve has at least two segments with different slopes, where the slope of the curve, at least in segments, is shallower for second spacing values smaller than the interval width value than for second spacing values larger than the interval width value, and such that for at least one second spacing value smaller than the interval width value, the resulting first spacing value is smaller than this second value. A plurality of first spacing values are determined, and then added to determine the spacing between the two signal sequences.

Method and device for determining the spacing between a first and a second signal sequence

Interpolating a pixel from an intermediate line of a field

A time-discrete picture signal is formed from an analog picture signal, such as a luminance signal or a chrominance signal. Corresponding to the time-discrete picture signal, a time-discrete filter signal is formed, specifically a so-called 'peaking signal,' which has a sequence of peaking signal values, of which one value each is associated with one signal value of the time-discrete picture signal. The discrete peaking signal is formed by a digital peaking filter from the discrete picture signal or by an analog peaking filter from the analog picture signal during subsequent sampling of the analog peaking signal. The peaking filter increases the amplitude of selected frequency components of the picture signal.

Apparatus and method for slope-enhancement of signal transitions in television pictures

A device for processing a first video signal and a second video signal that contain image data which overlap within a combined picture includes a processing element and a controller. The processing element receives the first video signal containing first image pixel data and receives the second video signal containing second image pixel data, and processes the first video signal and the second video signal to generate a third video signal indicative of an overlap region of images formed by the first and second video signals. The controller receives the first video signal, the second video signal, and the third video signal, and in response to a plurality of control signals selectively outputs one of the first, second and third video signals, wherein the third video signal is a weighted sum of the first and second video signals, wherein the control signals comprise a first control signal indicative of the location and size of a first image associated with the first video signal within a picture and a second control signal indicative of the location and size of a second image associated with the second video signal within the picture.

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