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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen S. Wilson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/01 ; H04N 1/120 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/01 ; H04N 1/120 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for converting an interlaced television display to a progressive, scan, or non-interlaced display where artifacts are removed if the source of the signal is from a movie film to television converter, a video recording of a movie, a live camera, or a camera output captured on a video recording system, or any sequence of the above, by utilizing three motion detection stages.