Sony Corporation

Raphael Samad

Clive Henry Gillard

John W Richards

Richard J Avis

Carl W Walters

In, for example, a motion compensated video standards converter blocks in a first field or frame of a video signal are each compared with a plurality of blocks in the next succeeding field or frame of the video signal for deriving motion vectors representing the motion of the content of respective blocks between the first field or frame and the next field or frame, motion vectors are allocated to each pixel of each field or frame, the allocated motion vectors are checked to identify spurious motion vectors by comparing the allocated motion vectors with motion vectors allocated to adjacent pixels, and spurious motion vectors so identified are replaced by motion vectors allocated to adjacent pixels.

Motion dependent video signal processing

In, for example, a motion compensated video standards converter wherein blocks in a first field or frame of a video signal are each compared with a plurality of blocks in the following field or frame of the video signal for deriving motion vectors representing the motion of the content of respective blocks between the first field or frame and the following field or frame, further motion vectors are selected for assignment to those of the blocks for which less than a predetermined plurality of good motion vectors are derived as a result of the comparison, by ranking all the good, non-stationary motion vectors derived for the field or frame in order of frequency of occurrence, and selecting those motion vectors which occur most frequently, unless they fall within a predetermined window of pixel motion of a motion vector already selected.

In, for example, a motion compensated video standards converter wherein blocks in a first field or frame of a video signal are each compared with a plurality of blocks in the following succeeding field or frame of the video signal for deriving motion vectors representing the motion of the content of respective blocks between the first field or frame and the following field or frame, and wherein a respective correlation surface is generated for blocks in the first field or frame, the correlation surface representing the difference between the content of the block in the first field or frame and the content of each block in the following field or frame with which it has been compared, the shape of that part of the correlation surface which represents differences less than a threshold level is determined, and the comparison is varied in dependence on the shape.

Apparatus for converting a video signal to a photographic film image comprises a television standards converter for deriving from an input video signal, which may be a high definition video signal, a motion compensated digital video signal corresponding to 24 progressive scan frames per second, a video signal recorder for recording the digital video signal, a digital-to-analog converter for converting the digital video signal after reproduction to an analog video signal corresponding to 24 progressive scan frames per second, and an electron beam recorder to which the analog video signal is applied to record the content of the analog video signal on photographic film.

Video signal to photographic film conversion

In, for example, a motion compensated video standards converter wherein blocks in a first field or frame of a video signal are each compared with a plurality of blocks in the next succeeding field or frame of the video signal for deriving motion vectors representing the motion of the content of respective blocks between the first field or frame and the next field or frame, the blocks adjacent to a border region of the field or frame are assigned motion vectors selected from the motion vectors which have been derived for those of the blocks which are adjacent to the block under consideration and are not in the border region.

In, for example, a motion compensated video standards converter blocks in a first field or frame of a video signal are each compared with a plurality of blocks in the following field or frame of the video signal for deriving motion vectors representing the motion of the content of respective blocks between the first field or frame and the following field or frame, a correlation surface is generated for respective blocks in the first field or frame, the correlation surface representing the difference between the content of the block in the first field or frame and the content of each block in the following field or frame with which it has been compared, the correlation surface is tested for a clear minimum, the size of the blocks is increased to generate new correlation surfaces, each new correlation surface is tested for a clear minimum, and motion vectors are derived in dependence on the clearest minimum so found.

In, for example, a motion compensated video standards converter wherein blocks in a first field or frame of a video signal are each compared with a plurality of blocks in the next succeeding field or frame of the video signal for deriving motion vectors representing the motion of the content of respective blocks between the first field or frame and the next field or frame, the blocks in a border region of each field or frame are assigned the same motion vectors as have been derived for the respective nearest block which is not in the border region.

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Raphael Samad