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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:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
May. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Qifan Huang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yu T. Tian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Qifan Huang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yu T. Tian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micronas USA, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/393 (2006.01); H04N 7/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques for performing combined scaling, filtering, and/or scan conversion are disclosed that reduce that amount of line buffer space required in the overall design of a video processing system. In particular, coefficients from all or a sub-set of the scaling, filtering (smoothing/sharpening), and scan conversion filters are combined into one representative coefficient that can be applied in a single generic algorithm. Thus, implementation costs are reduced, particularly in system-on-chip implementations.